Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola's ruling MPLA headed on Sunday for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election which opposition parties have branded illegitimate, preliminary results showed.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Preliminary results show the governing MPLA heading for a landslide win in Angola's parliamentary elections.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
VOTING in Angola's parliamentary election resumed yesterday for an unscheduled second day amid charges that the poll had been chaotic and violated the African nation'
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Voting in Angola's parliamentary election resumes for a second day after delays at polling stations.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The party of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos (photo) looked set to win Angola's first election in 16 years, according to preliminary results released by the country's election commission. But the opposition claims the elections were illegitimate.
Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
A gentle confusion continued in Luanda's poor suburbs yesterday as voting was extended in Angola's first democratic elections in 16 years.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Johannesburg/Luanda - Angola's ruling MPLA party was heading for a massive victory in the country's first parliamentary elections in 16 years, with initial projections by the country's electoral commission showing the party claiming more than 80 per ...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Angola's main opposition leader Isaias Samakuva says he will not risk reconciliation by resorting to violence. His comments followed National Union for the Total Independence of Angola’s (Unita) decision to ask the Constitutional Court to declare the general election in Luanda null and void. Unita resumed a civil war after a disputed 1992 presidential poll. The conflict left 500 000 people dead. Samakuva...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Several opposition parties in Angola call for parliamentary elections to be reheld because of confusion at polling stations.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
William Gumede: As the oil-rich country heads to the polls today, why are western democracies so partisan in their criticism of African leaders?
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
African observers report that the first post-war polls in Angola were transparent and credible after a chaotic start on Friday. Polls closed in the Angolan capital of Luanda on Saturday amid opposition claims that the elections were illegitimate.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nothing but a victory will do for South Africa as they try to keep their hopes of appearing at Angola 2010 alive, while Nigeria have already progressed to the next phase of qualifying after collecting four wins in the group so far.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Angolans are at the polls for the first time in 16 years - the election is still taking place this Saturday at 320 polling stations in the capital Luanda. So far, no incidents have been reported, and public spirit has prevailed, as observed by photographer José Manuel Lima da Silva.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
September will be a month of increasing hope and confidence for two countries scarred by decades of insecurity - Rwanda and Angola - when they go to the polls to elect their parliamentary representatives.
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Angola's parliamentary elections, the first since a 27-year civil war ended in 2002, closed at local time 6 p.m. (1700 GMT). Generally speaking, the electoral process across the southwestern African country is fair and transparent, said Themba Kubheka, ambassador of South Africa to Angola. The voting was delayed at some polling stations because of the polling materials were not due in time, which is...
