Angola: Growing unease over lack of readiness for elections

With less than a year to go before Angola's first post-war elections, there are growing concerns over whether the country is moving quickly enough to be ready in time. The ballot is expected to take place in September 2006, although no exact date has been set, and the president can leave it until 90 days prior to the vote before making the date public. Politicians and members of civil society point out that there has not been much progress in preparation for the poll since the swearing in of the National Electoral Commission (CNE) at the end of August.