The former Angolan president dies at the age of 79

Today, the Angolan government announced the death of former Angolan President (1979-2017), Jose Eduardo dos Santos, at the age of 79. 

"With a feeling of great pain and sadness, we mourn the death of the former President of the Republic, José Eduardo dos Santos, which occurred today in Spain after a long struggle with illness," said a government statement, posted on its pages on social networks.

Dos Santos, who ruled Africa's second-largest oil-producing country for nearly four decades, was receiving treatment at a hospital in Barcelona.

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