Angola, Malaysia, Kenya.

Today's three stories you should know.

Angola

Angolans vote tomorrow in presidential and parliamentary elections and, with sky-high unemployment and surging prices, the economy is taking center stage. The presidential race pits President João Lourenço of the governing Peoples’ Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against Adalberto Costa Júnior of the rebel-turned-opposition group the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) in what is expected to be the tightest race since Angola won freedom from Portugal in 1975. The MPLA, which has been in power since independence, fought a 10-year civil war with UNITA after the results of a 1992 election were disputed. Analysts say there is a chance of unrest should UNITA lose and contest the result.

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak was carted off to prison today to begin a 12-year sentence after losing his final appeal in a massive corruption case. Najib was accused of siphoning money out of a sovereign wealth fund known as 1MDB. Investigators said that a mammoth $4.5 billion was stolen from the fund and laundered by people connected to the former leader. Najib looked visibly shocked when the verdict was read out and becomes the first former leader of Malaysia to be imprisoned. “This is a simple and straightforward case of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering,” Chief Justice Maimun Tuan Mat said.

More from Al Jazeera here.

Kenya

A group of Kenyans have filed a case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights seeking compensation for alleged colonial-era abuses including land theft and torture. The claimants say their communities were forced off land in the country’s Kericho region to make way for tea plantations. "The UK Government has ducked and dived, and sadly avoided every possible avenue of redress. We have no choice but to proceed to court for our clients so that history can be righted," their lawyer said. Kericho is now one of the most important tea-producing regions in the world.

More from BBC here.