Angolan presidential poll delayed

Following the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon, Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos' 30 years in power takes him to second in the list of Africa's longest-serving leaders behind Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Last year, Angola held its first parliamentary poll for 16 years - in which Dos Santos' MPLA won 82% of the vote - and a presidential vote was expected during 2009, in which Dos Santos will undoubtedly stand.

Because of delays in the creation of a new constitution, which is being formed from suggestions from the different parties, this vote is now not likely to happen until late 2010 - as Louise Redvers reports from Luanda.