The Angolan presidency said today, Friday, that former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has died at the age of 79.
The Angolan presidency added, on Facebook, that the former president died at 11:10 am Spanish time in a hospital in Barcelona after a long struggle with illness.
A spokesman for the hospital where Dos Santos was being treated in Barcelona declined to comment.
Dos Santos ruled Angola for nearly four decades.
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