Friday, August 31, 2012

Angola: General elections underway

People in Angola are voting for a new president and parliament, in national elections. It has been slightly more than a decade since the oil-rich country's 27-year civil war ended.

Polls were to open at 7 a.m. (0200 EST) - earlier, Former rebel group UNITA, now the main opposition party, had called for a delay, alleging irregularities.

Victory for the ruling party, - the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola , or MPLA, would give the incumbent Angola President Jose Eduardo dos

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