President Joao Lourenco's MPLA will continue to rule Angola, after winning Angola's most closely fought election. But opposition party UNITA is contesting the results. DW correspondent Adrian Kriesch reports from Luanda.
President Joao Lourenco's MPLA is poised to continue its nearly five-decade rule after scoring 51% of the vote in Angola's most fiercely fought poll. But opposition party UNITA is contesting the count.
The Angolan authorities are tightening their grip on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association by preventing civil society meetings from taking place ahead of the general election in August, Amnesty International said today.