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Former Mozambican MP Ana Rita Sithole dies

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Ana Rita Sithole, a former Mozambican MP and Frelimo member, died on Sunday after an illness. Elected to the Assembly of the Republic for four legislatures between 1994 and 2004, she also chaired the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, according to O País.

Ana Rita Sithole, a former Frelimo MP, died on Sunday after an illness while she was hospitalised in South Africa receiving treatment, Mozambican media outlet Opais reports. She had served in Mozambique’s Assembly of the Republic for four legislatures, from 1994 to 2004.

Ana Rita Sithole had also been a member of the Standing Commission of the Assembly of the Republic. She later chaired the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, before becoming co-president of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, according to Opais.

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