An unofficial tally exposes Angola’s dodgy election
The opposition may have won, but it won’t taste power
As sadly expected by Angolans thirsting for real change, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (mpla), which has ruled the country since 1975, made sure by hook or by crook that the elections on August 24th would give the party and its incumbent president, João Lourenço, another five years in power. Even so, the official result—51% for the mpla against 44% for its eternal opposition, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (unita)—was closer than ever before.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The winner loses”
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