Cote d'Ivoire: Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly Dies at 61

Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was to be the ruling party's candidate in October's presidential election, died Wednesday less than a week after returning from France, where he had been staying for health reasons.

"Fellow compatriots, Ivory Coast is mourning. It is with deep pain that I announce to you that Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly has left us," President Alassane Ouattara's spokesperson said during a national television appearance.

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