#HONG #KONG, January 13. Lai Ching-te, a member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), is leading in the island’s presidential election, according to the vote count by the Taiwanese television channel #TVBS.

Based on the initial vote counting results, Lai has so far scored 854,500 votes. He is now trailed by Hou You-yi from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party who already has 736,650 votes. Ko Wen-je from the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) is running third with 666,060 votes

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Angola is determined to defend its interests in its offshore oil dispute with neighbouring #DRC and is counting on the well-connected Antonio Garcia Miala, brother of the intelligence chief.

#DRC takes small steps to claw back offshore oil resources from Angola. The Congolese government is choosing to compromise with Luanda by signing agreements of limited scope rather than going to court to assert its rights to its offshore oil resources.