{"id":51049,"date":"2022-08-29T14:38:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.bwiza.com\/2022\/08\/29\/angola-s-former-president-dos-santos-laid-to-rest\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T19:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:09:12","slug":"angola-s-former-president-dos-santos-laid-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=51049","title":{"rendered":"Angola\u2019s former president Dos Santos laid to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Eastafrican<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Angolan President Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Dos Santos was Sunday laid to rest in a state funeral attended by government officials, civil society members, and international delegations from 21 countries, which was marked by military honours, lyrical music and reading of messages.<\/p>\n<p>The burial ceremony in Pra\u00e7a da Rep\u00fablica, Luanda was attended by thousands of mourners. Dos Santos died, aged 79, on July 8, 2022, in Barcelona, Spain, after suffering from cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who governed Angola between 1979 and 2017, would have turned 80 on Sunday, the day of his burial.<\/p>\n<p>Dos Santos widow Ana Paula dos Santos, their sons Breno, and Danilo, daughter Josiana and other family members attended the funeral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Message from family<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWords are not enough to describe the man you were and you will be in our hearts. Few were the people who knew the person behind the title, Papa, your struggles were not in vain. Your light will always shine. We will always honour your name. On behalf of my family I thank all those present,\u201d his daughter Josiana said in a message from her family.<\/p>\n<p>Dos Santos\u2019 son, Jos\u00e9 Filomeno dos Santos Zen\u00fa, who is facing corruption-related charges, attended his father\u2019s burial.<\/p>\n<p>Tchiz\u00e9 dos Santos, along with her siblings Isabel, Jos\u00e9 Paulino and Houston Lulendo, who are currently in Spain, did not attend their father\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n<p>Among the dignitaries at the funeral were presidents Carlos Vila Nova of Sao Tome and Principe, Jos\u00e9 Maria Neves of Cape Verde, Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 of Guinea Bissau and Zimbabwe\u2019s Emmerson Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n<p>Others were presidents F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi of DR Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Former presidents of Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania), Manuel Pinto da Costa (Sao Tome and Principe), Sam Nujoma (Namibia) and Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique) were also present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastafrican Former Angolan President Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Dos Santos was Sunday laid to rest in a state funeral attended by government officials, civil society members, and international delegations from 21 countries, which was marked by military honours, lyrical music and reading of messages. 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