Results declared on Monday placed the Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) as the winner with 51.17% of the vote, securing a second term for President Joao Lourenco, 68.
LUANDA - Angola's leading opposition party said on Thursday it filed a legal complaint challenging the integrity of last week's election, which saw the long-ruling MPLA win, if by a significantly reduced majority.
UNITA made significant gains, earning 43.95% of the vote, up from 26.67% in the previous election in 2017. UNITA - a former rebel movement that fought a bitter 27-year civil war against the MPLA government that ended in 2002 - is contesting the vote's outcome, alleging discrepancies in the count.
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