LUANDA, Angola—Angola’s ruling occasion, already in energy for practically 5 a long time, was set to narrowly win this week’s normal election, the nation’s electoral fee mentioned Thursday, handing President João Lourenço one other five-year time period.
With 97% of ballots counted, the In style Motion for the Liberation of Angola, or MPLA, has received 51% of the vote in Wednesday’s elections, the fee mentioned, the occasion’s slimmest margin since Angola held its first nationwide elections in 1992. The opposition Nationwide Union for the Complete Independence of Angola, or Unita, received 44%, the fee mentioned, with the rest of the votes going to smaller events.
