Wednesday’s elections are Angola’s fourth since the end of a brutal, decades-long foreign-backed civil war in 2002, with the main opposition group which once. 24.08.2022, Sputnik International
President Lourenco will likely secure another term on Aug. 24. But it may be his last, as grievances over poverty, electoral fraud and political repression erode support for his ruling MPLA party.
The new Angolan president fired his predecessor’s daughter as head of the national oil company Sonangol, according to news emerging from one of Africa’s largest oil producers. Isabel Des Santos, also known as Africa’s richest woman, is the billionaire daughter of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. He held the position for 37 years before he stepped down in September.
The Tuckers are believed to be descendants of the first enslaved Africans to land in English North America at Point Comfort in 1619, which is in present-day Hampton.