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Angola: One year into the Lourenço presidency. What's next?
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August 15, 2018

This policy brief analyzes Angola after João Lourenço was elected president of the country on August 2017. The election of Lourenco to presidency marks a pivotal shift for Angola’s political system, especially since José Eduardo Dos Santos, the former president, remained leader of the country for thirty-eight years.

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