Brasilia - The National Electoral Commission (CNE) is currently conducting a three-day training for members of the polling stations in Brasilia, Brazil, ahead of the August 24 elections to take place in Angola, in which voters living abroad will cast ballots for the first time.
The training aims to enable participants to be familiar with election procedures, the functioning of the polling stations and to prepare material for voting.
A polling station will be made available for 170 voters at the Angolan Embassy in Brasilia, at the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Seven political parties and one coalition are running for the general elections on 24 August. They are MPLA, UNITA, PRS, FNLA, APN, PHA and P-NJANGO and the CASA-CE coalition.
Roughly 14.3 million voters are eligible to vote, including 22.560 who are residing abroad.
Overseas voting will take place in 12 countries and 25 cities, located in Africa, Europe and South America.
