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              Angolan President Says He Will Quit Politics in 2018

   by VOA News

   Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, one of Africa's
   longest-ruling leaders, said Friday he will quit politics in 2018
   following the end of his current term.

   Speaking to leaders of the ruling MPLA party in the capital, Luanda,
   dos Santos said, "I have taken the decision to leave active politics in
   2018."

   The Angolan leader's term ends in September 2017; he did not explain
   why he would leave the year after, nor his reason for retiring.

   The 73-year-old Dos Santos has led Angola since 1979.  He is Africa's
   second longest ruling leader, after President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of
   Equatorial Guinea.

   Critics accuse dos Santos of using the country's oil wealth to amass
   huge fortunes for himself, his allies and his family.
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