By ARNALDO VIEIRAMore by this AuthorLundaAngola's Constitutional Court (CC) Wednesday ruled against on an opposition petition seeking to overturn the results of the August 23 election which extended the ruling MPLA party's 42-year grip on power. CC head Rui Ferreira made the announcement saying that though there were some were irregularities, all the opposition concerns were not valid. “The August 23 election were free, transparent, universal and in accordance with the country’s Constitution and law, they are valid,” Mr Ferreira said. UNITA SECONDThe Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) came second with 26.7 per cent of the votes cast and 51 MPs. The August 23 election was Angola's fourth since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975 and the third since the end of the war in 2002.

Source: Daily Nation September 14, 2017 03:00 UTC