A dead president overshadows the election

Angola has elected a new president. The director, João Lourenço, hides a bad reputation by playing on the emotional side. However, critics count the odds.

Stimulated opposition: supporters of the former Unita civil war party at a campaign event near the Angolan capital of Luanda.

Stimulated opposition: supporters of the former Unita civil war party at a campaign event near the Angolan capital of Luanda.

Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters

Instead of being a living president, the former dominated the headlines before the parliamentary elections in Angola: José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country for almost four decades (1979 to 2017), used it shamelessly and died in Spain at the beginning of July . .

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