Angolan president leads in poll results

People buy and drink beer at a People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) street party on Cape Island in Luanda on August 21, 2022. The ruling party has taken an early lead. PHOTO | JOHN WESSELS | AFP


What you need to know:

  • An earlier count released overnight had given a much wider margin to the MPLA, which has ruled Angola for nearly 50 years after the country gained independence from Portugal.