Angolan presidential candidate Joao Lourenço casts his vote Angolan presidential candidate Joao Lourenço casts his vote in an election marking the end of President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos's 38-year reign, with his MPLA party set to retain power despite an economic crisis. Lourenço is Dos Santos' chosen successor, a loyalist expected to avoid immediate change in a government often criticised for corruption and its failure to tackle dire poverty. IMAGES