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Angola: MPLA on Alert with Adalberto Costa Jr.´s Victory

Angola: MPLA on Alert with Adalberto Costa Jr.´s Victory

The election of Adalberto da Costa Junior (ACJ) as UNITA president has given rise to real feelings of discomfort in the MPLA and the regime. The evidence, deluded in public but notorious in private, is due to the widespread perception that UNITA, with the new leadership, tends to strengthen itself as an opposition party and thereby bolster its ability to compete with the MPLA. READ MORE