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Angolan court rejects opposition claim to annul election result

FILE PHOTO: Adalberto Costa Junior, leader of Angola's main opposition party UNITA, addresses his supporters during the party's final rally at Cazenga, outside the capital Luanda, Angola, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Angola's constitutional court rejected on Monday an opposition party claim seeking to annul general election results which handed the victory to the ruling MPLA.

The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) filed the complaint after the country's electoral commission last week declared the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) the winner of the national election.

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