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Angola's governing party ahead in vote count

Angola's electoral commission announced the incumbent MPLA party is ahead overall but is set to lose in the capital Luanda

With more than 90 per cent of votes counted, Angola's electoral commission says President Lourenco's MPLA party is ahead in the poll results, but it is likely to lose in the capital Luanda.

Also in today's edition: Fighting intensifies in Tigray; We have a report from Addis and reaction from Ethiopians in the diaspora. We ask the African Airlines Association why more airlines are ringing alarm bells over their inability to repatriate money from African countries. How the police in Liberia is experimenting with a softer approach when it comes to quell demonstrations.

(Photo: An election official holds up a ballot paper as votes are counted at a polling station in Luanda. Credit: JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)

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