It was a quietly effective political stunt. In mid-July, just before the end of the parliamentary year, Angola’s main opposition party, União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA), led by Adalberto Costa Júnior, activated an unprecedented procedure: a request for the impeachment of President João Lourenço.
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