Africa Monitor Intelligence

Angola: Lourenço Leans Towards Manuel Homem to Replace Him

The regime's preparation for the 2027 general elections is pointed out in diplomatic and other analyses as an increasingly present element in its political measures in general. Preparation includes the creation or strengthening of conditions that, as a whole, reduce the likelihood of an electoral setback.
The objectives of undermining the United Patriotic Front (FPU), defined as a condition for disorganizing the entire opposition (AM 1492) - and thereby creating an environment that would allow the regime to maintain its control of the electoral machine, considered indispensable for avoiding an electoral defeat - are served by the objective of removing ADALBERTO da COSTA JUNIOR (ACJ) from the leadership of UNITA. READ MORE