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Jul
12
2022
By The African Mirror
Spanish court allows autopsy of former Angolan leader dos Santos

Spanish court allows autopsy of former Angolan leader dos Santos

NEWS
A Spanish court has ruled that an autopsy be performed on the body of Angola's former president José Eduardo dos Santos who died in a clinic in Barcelona on Friday at the age of 79, a court spokeswoman said on Monday. She said the court had granted the request of a family member for the autopsy, which was yet to take place, but provided no further details. The Carmen Varela family law firm representing dos Santos' daughter Tchizé dos Santos, said earlier she had asked for her father's body to be kept in Spain for a full autopsy due to…
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Jul
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Do Santos’ daughter pays tribute to him

Do Santos’ daughter pays tribute to him

NEWS
MIGUEL, GOMES and JOAN FAUS TCHIZE dos Santos, the daughter of former President of Angola Jose Eduardo do Santos who passed away on Friday, has paid a warm tribute to her father. Techie, in an Instagram post, said: "Fathers never die because they are the truest love that children know in all their lives. They live forever within us". Her lawyer, Carmen Varela, said she has asked the clinic where he died to keep his body in Spain for a full autopsy rather than it being returned directly to Angola. The clinic declined to comment. One of Africa's longest-serving leaders,…
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Jul
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Obituary: José Eduardo dos Santos won Angola’s war and took the spoils

Obituary: José Eduardo dos Santos won Angola’s war and took the spoils

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
STEPHEN EISENHAMMER JOSÉ Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola for nearly four decades, winning a brutal civil war and overseeing an oil-fuelled boom that did little to alleviate poverty, died on Friday. He was 79 years old. The presidency said Dos Santos died at the Barcelona Teknon clinic, where he had been receiving medical treatment following a prolonged illness. Known within his MPLA party as "the architect of peace," the quietly spoken dos Santos saw his legacy increasingly tarnished by allegations of rampant corruption and nepotism, particularly after fighting ended in the south-west African country in 2002. Long regarded as…
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