Africa-Press – Angola. The rector of the Catholic University of Angola (UCAN), Maria de Assunção, defended this Monday, in Luanda, the realization of awareness campaigns so that the general elections of 24 August take place in a climate of peace and democracy.
The teacher was speaking to the press on the sidelines of the ceremony for the awarding of diplomas to 526 UCAN graduates, held in the urban district of Futungo. Maria de Assunção, spoke of the need for civic engagement of all Angolans in the process, so that the elections take place in an environment without violence. This year’s elections, which will have the participation of Angolans in the diaspora for the first time, are the fifth in Angola’s history, after those in 1992, 2008, 2012 and 2017.
More than 14,399 million voters are expected, of which 22,560 are abroad. Overseas voting will take place in 12 countries and 26 cities, such as South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town and Johannesburg), Namibia (Windhoek, Oshakati and Rundu) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Matadi). Also on the African continent, Angolans residing in Congo (Brazzaville, Dolisie and Ponta Negra) and Zambia (Lusaka, Mongu, Kolwezi) will be able to vote.
Outside the continent, voting will be open to the Angolan diaspora in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and São Paulo), in Germany (Berlin), in Belgium (Brussels), in France (Paris), in the United Kingdom (London), in Portugal (Lisbon, Porto) and the Netherlands (Rotterdam). The previous vote was contested, on 23 August 2017, by six political forces, with the participation of 76.57 percent of the approximately 9.3 million registered voters.
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