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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira

Body of Angolan ex-president arrives in Luanda amid tense election campaign

A hearse transports the body of Angola's former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July, at Luanda international airport, in Angola, August 20, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

The body of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July, arrived in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday evening, casting a new element into a tense election campaign.

"The remains of José Eduardo dos Santos have arrived in Angola after a long waiting period," Marcy Lopes, a government minister, told reporters shortly after the casket, draped in the Angolan flag, was taken off the airplane.

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