By AFPMore by this AuthorAngola's new president, Joao Lourenco, is a ruling party loyalist and former general who endured several years out of favour after angling for the top job in the 1990s. Like Dos Santos, Lourenco studied in the former Soviet Union, which trained a number of rising young African leaders during decolonisation. Joao Lourenco shows his inked finger after voting in Luand, on August 23, 2017 during the general elections. There was excitement after Joao Lourenco smelt victory. PHOTO | MARCO LONGARI | AFPFormer political prisoner Nuno Alvaro Dala said that under Lourenco "power in Angola will continue to be militarised".

Source: Daily Nation August 25, 2017 06:33 UTC