Angola power elites showdown looms in party congress
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Angola's President Joao Lourenco, after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 4, 2019. Angola's ruling MPLA will hold its seventh extraordinary congress where allies of former President Eduardo dos Santos including his daughter Welwitschia dos Santos Tchizé are expected to be sidelined from party affairs. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
A political showdown pitting allies of Angola president João Lourenço and those of the country's former first family is expected when the ruling MPLA convenes for its seventh extraordinary congress on Saturday.
The convention comes only a week after former President José Eduardo dos Santos daughter was Friday suspended from the ruling MPLA party Central Committee (CC) after she asked President Lourenco to resign.
