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2:55 CAT | 11 Jul 2022
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Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday sent a message of condolences to his Angolan counterpart on the death of that country’s former head of state, José Eduardo dos Santos.
“The death of President José Eduardo dos Santos is a great loss, not only for Angola, but also for the region and for everyone,” the message reads.
“He will always be remembered as an icon of the struggle for Angola’s economic independence, a peacemaker and regional integration of the SADC countries, of which he was one of the founders. His legacy will forever be registered in an indelible way in the annals of the history of Angola and Africa,” said Nyusi.
A figure worthy of “admiration” and a “visionary leader”, the former Angolan president achieved feats that remain in the Mozambican collective memory, President Nyusi’s message concluded.
José Eduardo dos Santos died on Friday at the age of 79 after two weeks in intensive care at a clinic in Barcelona.
The former president had health problems for several years.
José Eduardo dos Santos succeeded Agostinho Neto as president of Angola in 1979 and left office in 2017, having served one of the longest presidencies in the world. He was regularly accused of corruption and nepotism by international organisations.
He did not stand for re-election in 2017, and the current president, João Lourenço, succeeded him in office, also as the head of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which has governed the country since independence from Portugal in 1975.
Source: Notícias
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