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Significance
This follows the August 24 elections in which the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) won 51% of the vote, beating its main rival the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) with 44%. This was Angola’s most closely contested election to date. The MPLA lost its supermajority and now holds 124 seats to UNITA’s 90.
Impacts
Inflation and cost of living concerns will fuel public-sector strikes.
Lourenco's desire to cultivate relations with European donors may lead Angola to distance itself from Russia over the Ukraine war.
Corruption and vested interests could hobble economic reform efforts.
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