Polls close after Angolans vote in a tight race
By Reuters
26 August 2022 |
3:42 pm
Polls closed in the evening and vote counting began on Wednesday after Angolans voted in a tight race in which the main opposition coalition had its best-ever chance of victory as millions of youths left out of its oil-fuelled booms were likely to express frustration with nearly five decades of MPLA rule.
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