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| Malam Bacai Sanha had suffered from ill-health since being elected in 2009 |
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Guinea-Bissau's
President Malam Bacai Sanha has died in hospital in Paris, national radio
reports.
The
64-year-old, who became president in 2009, had travelled to France for medical
treatment in late November after being taken seriously ill.
The nature
of his illness has not been made public but he was known to suffer from
diabetes.
Mr Sanha
had initially been treated in intensive care in a hospital in neighbouring
Senegal.
He died at
the Val de Grace military hospital in the French capital.
The
president had frequently been hospitalised abroad since becoming
Guinea-Bissau's leader. His predecessor as president, Joao Bernardo Vieira, was
assassinated by mutinous soldiers.
The West
African country has endured repeated coups and unrest since independence from
Portugal in 1974, and has become a hub for drug trafficking between Latin
America and Europe.
In late
December the head of the navy, Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, was arrested and
accused of attempting to seize power in Mr Sanha's absence.
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