Congo-Brazzaville: Congo's Main Opposition Candidate Dies a Day After Presidential Polls

Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, the leading opposition presidential candidate in Republic of Congo's election, died on Sunday, the day after his country went to the polls. He was being transferred to France for medical treatment for Covid-19.

Kolelas was hospitalised on Saturday and "died in the medical aircraft which came to get him from Brazzaville on Sunday afternoon", said his campaign director Christian Cyr Rodrigue Mayanda.

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