About 8,3-million Angolans will go the polls on Friday in the first election since independence in 1975 to be held under peaceful conditions. They will elect 220 National Assembly deputies from 5 198 ...

The election that may decide Angola's future is not the general election scheduled for 2027. It may be the internal election of the ruling MPLA, at the party congress in December 2026.In Angola, the ...

LUANDA, Angola (AP) – Preliminary results show that Angola’s ruling party has won 75 percent of the national vote, assuring President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, in power for 33 years, another five years ...

Angolan president Joao Lourenco was voted in as leader of the ruling MPLA party on Saturday, as former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos stepped down after dominating the country’s politics for nearly ...

LUANDA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Angola’s main opposition on Friday rejected provisional election results that gave the ruling party a significant lead, saying the numbers had not been gathered ...

Angola does not directly elect its president, with the leader of the party that does best in the polls automatically becoming head of state. Angolan state radio said December 2,2016 that President ...

LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola's ruling MPLA party brushed aside reports of corruption involving senior government officials earlier this year as a smear campaign aimed at hurting the party ahead of ...