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Pressure mounts on João Lourenço to hold first-ever local elections

Angolan President João Lourenço in Lisbon on 25 April 2024. © Filipe Amorim/AFP

The Angolan president seems set to finally allow citizens to choose their municipal representatives. He has begun appointing officials to organise such polls, but the opposition is not holding its breath. [...]

Published on 07/05/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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