The MPLA’s grip on Angola is weakening
The ruling party will probably win the coming election, but corruption is weakening it
IT IS fitting that the black-and-red flag of Angola is hardly distinguishable from that of its ruling party. The People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has led the country since independence from Portugal in 1975. At the parliamentary election in 2008 it won 82% of the vote; in 2012 it won 72%. Few doubt it will win again when Angolans go to the polls on August 23rd.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Less of the same”
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