Waziri Mkuu wa Ivory Coast, Amadou Gon Coulibaly amefariki dunia ghafla baada ya kuzimia, Bw Coulibaly alizimia ghafla wakati akiwa kwenye kikao cha Mawaziri
Baada ya kuzimia alichukuliwa ni kukimbizwa Hospitalini ambako baada ya muda alitangazwa kuwa amefariki
Bw Coulibaly alikuwa anatarajiwa kuwa mrithi wa Rais Outtara kwenye uchaguzi mkuu ujao unaotarajiwa kufanyika Novemba mwaka huu
Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died, the country's President announced.
In a statement, President Alassane Ouattara said the nation was in mourning over Coulibaly's death on Wednesday afternoon, which occurred shortly after he attended a cabinet meeting in the Presidential Palace.
He described the prime minister as his closest collaborator over a 30-year period.
Coulibaly, 61, had been chosen to run as the ruling party's candidate in this year's October presidential election.
He had only recently returned from a two-month stay in France where he had been undergoing health check-ups.
At the time, the government said that "after examinations on Monday 4 May at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, he will take a few weeks rest, as prescribed by his doctor."
Coulibaly arrived back in the Ivory Coast on Thursday
On Twitter, President Ouattara said, "I salute the memory of a statesman, of great loyalty, devotion and love for the homeland.
He embodied this young generation of Ivorian leaders of great skill and extreme loyalty to the Nation."
According to his official biography, Coulibaly leaves behind a wife and five children.
Baada ya kuzimia alichukuliwa ni kukimbizwa Hospitalini ambako baada ya muda alitangazwa kuwa amefariki
Bw Coulibaly alikuwa anatarajiwa kuwa mrithi wa Rais Outtara kwenye uchaguzi mkuu ujao unaotarajiwa kufanyika Novemba mwaka huu
Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died, the country's President announced.
In a statement, President Alassane Ouattara said the nation was in mourning over Coulibaly's death on Wednesday afternoon, which occurred shortly after he attended a cabinet meeting in the Presidential Palace.
He described the prime minister as his closest collaborator over a 30-year period.
Coulibaly, 61, had been chosen to run as the ruling party's candidate in this year's October presidential election.
He had only recently returned from a two-month stay in France where he had been undergoing health check-ups.
At the time, the government said that "after examinations on Monday 4 May at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, he will take a few weeks rest, as prescribed by his doctor."
Coulibaly arrived back in the Ivory Coast on Thursday
On Twitter, President Ouattara said, "I salute the memory of a statesman, of great loyalty, devotion and love for the homeland.
He embodied this young generation of Ivorian leaders of great skill and extreme loyalty to the Nation."
According to his official biography, Coulibaly leaves behind a wife and five children.
