Angola's ex-president Dos Santos dies in Spain
Updated | By AFP
Angola's former president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos died Friday at the age of
79 at a hospital in Barcelona after suffering cardiac arrest, the government
said.

With "great pain and consternation" the Luanda government posted on Facebook confirmation of the Dos Santos' death at 11:10 am (1010 GMT).
"(The government) presents its deepest feelings of sorrow to the bereaved family," the statement read, describing the former leader as a "statesman of great historical stature" who led the country through very difficult times.
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Dos Santos ruled the Portuguese-speaking, oil-rich state of Angola for 38 years before stepping down in September 2017.
He was hospitalised in Spain and placed in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest on June 23.

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