Angolan Elections 2022 (Part 2): Issues and Responsibilities

“War is a mere continuation of policy by other means”, General Carl von Clausewitz “How, when, and why was it noticed or imagined that what is going on beneath and in power relations is a war? When, how and why did someone come up with the idea that it is a sort of uninterrupted battle that shapes peace, and that the civil order…is basically an order of battle?” Michel Foucault Nearly three decades of civil war forged the MPLA’s political dominance in Angola and its eventual victory on the battlefield ensured the continuation of the party’s uninterrupted grip on power since Independence in 1975. The formal end of the civil war in 2002 meant the MPLA could no longer blame internal or external enemies for its failure to improve conditions. Five years ago, with culpability transferred to the corrupt administration of then President dos Santos, the promise of a change […]
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