Wednesday, 28 December 2016

upcoming Angolan legislative election summary

IN SUMMARY

  • President José Eduardo dos Santos made the announcement during the opening of his ruling MPLA party Central Committee meeting on Friday.
  • President dos Santos did not make it clear if he would run for another term.
  • Dos Santos is Africa’s second longest-serving leader after Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea.
  • He has been at the helm of the country and party since 1979.
  • Critics accuse the 73-year-old of overseeing corruption, misrule and intimidation of the opposition in a country that suffers poverty despite being Africa’s second-largest oil producer.

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