Angola: The Tyrant's Dilemma - Stay? No, Please Don't

1 September 2016
analysis

He promised he would step down. But the campaign has already begun to re-elect Angola's President for the past 37 years.

"Comrade President, please continue guiding the destiny of our country, asks the nation." That's the slogan plastered across the picture of a smiling José Eduardo dos Santos that has appeared on giant billboards in strategic locations across the capital, Luanda, in the past week.

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