The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, or MPLA, the liberation army turned political party that has governed Angola since the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1975, won 51.17 percent ...

The MPLA, a former liberation movement, has ruled Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975.But it has seen a steady decline in support in recent elections. The announcement of Lourenco’s ...

November 9, 2007: The government is still dealing with the political after-effects of its long-running civil war with the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the National ...

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) supporters gather as Angola incumbent President João Lourenço addresses an elections rally in Luanda on July 23, 2022.

The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, a liberation army turned political party, is expected to win — as it has in four previous elections.

The governing party in Angola has claimed victory in this week’s election after the electoral commission put its vote at 51 percent, but the leader of the main opposition coalition rejected the ...

NAIROBI — Results from Angola’s election show the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola or MPLA will maintain its nearly half-century in power by a slim majority.

Angola’s 2022 election is the first ... The three previous post-war polls were marked by a steady decline in the number of people voting for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ...

President João Lourenço’s Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) garnered almost 52 per cent of votes in Wednesday’s election, with 97 per cent counted, the commission ...