Angolans start casting ballots in what is expected to be the most competitive vote in its democratic history
Some 14.7 million people are registered to vote at 13,200 polling stations across the vast southern African nation.
Since independence from Portugal in 1975, Angola has been run by the formerly Marxist MPLA, led since 2017 by President Joao Lourenco. In a tense run-up to the vote for both president and parliament, UNITA has urged voters to stay near polling stations after voting to reduce the risk of fraud. Russia's ambassador to Angola, Vladimir Tararov, was quoted in the Angolan press in March as praising the country for its neutrality while lambasting UNITA for wanting to show it "stands with the West, the so-called civilised countries".
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