The unrest in Luanda, following protests by delegates on the list demanding the payment of their allowances, was stopped by the police, but the situation was associated with post-election instability, which caused fear among several people.
"I really live here on the outskirts, but everyone here watched when the police cars were circulating here and yesterday it was really busy", Juliana Paulo Cunha, a street vendor of homemade ice cream, told Lusa.
Sitting with a cooler on one of the sidewalks in the Nelito Soares neighborhood, on the outskirts of the Congolese market, the 70-year-old zungueira, as the street vendors are known, said that the situation was calmer, hoping that it would continue.
"Today is calmer and let's wait for the day to end like this, yesterday almost no one was able to circulate", she recalled.
The elderly woman, who made a point of showing her index finger that indicates having voted in Wednesday's elections, does not want to hear about conflicts, as she suffered at the age of 14 in the woods, during the period of the armed conflict.
"I grew up in the war, I entered the war at the age of 10, where I spent 14 years in the woods eating meals without salt and without soap, and after these wars here in the city you will not run away, because there is no space to stay", reminded the mucua ice cream saleswoman.
She added that it was during the period of the armed conflict that she gave birth to her firstborn on the public road, to retract the consequences of the war, which she does not want to live again.
On the same perimeter, Santa da Costa, 29, said he lost another day of his journey because he preferred to stay at home on Thursday, for fear of being involved in the "confusion" and losing the business.
"For fear of confusion, I really preferred to be at home and yesterday I didn't come to sell", said the biscuit merchant, praising the tranquility of this Friday.
The mobility of vehicles, mostly taxis, on the main streets of the capital, the presence of street vendors and other passers-by confirm the return to normality.
Police officers, mobilized to secure the fifth general election, continue to patrol the streets and avenues of Luanda, the country's largest political square.
According to the police, the incidents, which involved election agents from some political parties competing in the elections, resulted in several arrests.
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) won Angola's general elections with 51.07 percent, followed by the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) with 44.05 percent of the votes, the National Electoral Commission released. (CNE), when 97.3 percent of polling stations were scrutinized.
The provisional results were released on Thursday by CNE spokesman Lucas Quilundo, at a time when 97.3 percent of polling stations were being scrutinized, so there should be no substantial changes, he said.
