Ivory Coast President pays tribute to his dead prime minister

ABIDJANE, 09 julu. - (ANA) - The prime minister of the Ivory Coast has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting. Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 61, had only just returned from France where he had received heart treatment.

President Alassane Ouattara said: “I pay tribute to my younger brother, my son, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was for 30 years my closest partner. I salute the memory of a statesman of great loyalty, devotion and love for the homeland.”  - (ANA) -

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