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Angola’s main opposition party, UNITA, calls on its activists for a big protest after the Constitutional Court on Thursday issued a final decision rejecting a complaint the party had filed seeking to overturn the results that gave victory to the MPLA in power. After the country’s most closely fought election, …

Angolan biggest opposition party, Unita, says it has filed a legal challenge against the results of last week’s election that declared the ruling party, winner. The MPLA, the party in power since 1975, won the general elections with 51.17% of the vote, while UNITA obtained 43.95%. A senior Unita official, …