FILE PHOTO: Angola's president and leader of the ruling MPLA party Jose Eduardo dos Santos addresses supporters during an election rally in Camama, outside the capital Luanda, August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Angola's opposition called on the government on Friday to reveal the state of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' health amid reports that Africa's second-longest ruler is seriously ill at a hospital in Spain.
The 74-year-old dos Santos, who has run the oil-producing southern African nation since 1979, left Angola at the start of May on what was officially billed as a two-week "private visit" but is yet to return.
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