Angola’s electoral commission says the governing MPLA leading after the early results of Wednesday’s general elections.
The commission says that with a third of ballots counted, President João Lourenço’s party has received over 60% of votes.
The rebel-turned opposition movement, Unita, has nearly 34%.
Unita has called the provisional results unreliable.
The MPLA, which has been in power for more than four decades, has been criticised for not tackling inflation, poverty and unemployment, despite huge oil wealth.