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Angola’s opposition UNITA rallies for democratic vote

Angola’s main opposition UNITA party on Saturday rallied thousands of its supporters to demand democratic elections on August 31, only the second peacetime vote in the oil-rich country. “We call on the National Electoral Commission to respect the law,” Isaias Samakuva, president of the National Union.