Angola: Pressure for Democratic Change May Emerge From Cabinda

The assumption that once the civil war in Angola ended democracy would start up was always naive. Instead the ruling MPLA party has asserted itself as the dominant political force, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has hovered on his apparent decision to leave his post, and the erstwhile rebel movement Unita is still licking its wounds. It has only been in the violence-ridden enclave of Cabinda, ironically, that there have been signs of an effective democratic movement beginning, says a report from Southscan.