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Former Malagasy President Albert Zafy dies aged 90

Madagascar's former President Albert Zafy speaking during a Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Gaborone on June 7, 2011. He died on October 13, 2017 at the age of 90. PHOTO | AFP

Madagascar’s former President Albert Zafy has died at the age of 90.

Prof Zafy passed away Friday at the St Pierre hospital in Reunion Island, a region of France east of Madagascar, where he was receiving treatment.

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