The Constitutional Court of Angola rejected the appeal of the opposition party National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), which took second place in the August 24 elections.

UNITA, a former rebel group that has fought the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) for nearly three decades, has drawn a lot of votes from young people who feel left out of the country's oil wealth, Voice of America reports.

“Citizens are not from the MPLA.

We want them gone!”

chanted the demonstrators.

Many of the protesters are young and unemployed, who blame the poverty on the MPLA party, some of whose members have become billionaires thanks to Angola's oil wealth.

Demonstrators occupied Independence Square, where MPLA traditionally holds its rallies and victory evenings.

The protests have been peaceful, although analysts fear that anger and frustration among young people is enough for any protests to quickly turn violent.

UNITA leader

called for protests following the defeat of incumbent President

in the August 24 election.

Officials of the opposition party have not yet published any evidence of their claims that the election was rigged.

A little more than 51% of voters voted for the former Marxist MPLA, according to the official results, the UNITA party got about 44%.