Despite international and national responses to the drought, the situation is dire. The government’s response is a lesson in how not to deal with drought.
President of Angola Joao Lourenco in Berlin, Germany in 2018. The powers of the president remain intact.
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Citizens have been denied their right to elect officials at the grassroots and this has allowed the central government to maintain rigid control of the country’s regions.