PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday to attended the State Funeral Service of former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who served as the second President of Angola from 1979-2017.
Dos Santos passed away on 08 July 2022, at the age of 79, following an extended period of illness and hospitalisation in Spain.
The body of the late president arrived back in Angola on Saturday, 20 August and some citizens lined up outside the residence of dos Santos to offer condolences to his family.
The state funeral service took place in Luanda on Sunday – the day of President dos Santos’ 80th birthday.
Ramaphosa was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Alvin Botes.
Dos Santos’ rule was marked by a 27-year on-off civil war against U.S.-backed rebels from Unita, who he defeated in 2002. The country also enjoyed an oil-fuelled boom, but more than half the population of
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