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EXPLAINED: Dos santos angola s former president dies at 79 - The Real Truth

File photo taken April 12, 2008 of Jose Eduardo dos Santos. The former Angolan president died in Spain on July 8, 2022. © Themba Hadebe, AP

Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa's second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79, the Angolan presidency said Friday. 

Dos Santos died at 11.10am Spanish time at the Barcelona Teknon clinic following a prolonged illness, the presidency said.

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