The Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko, has died of cancer in a hospital in Germany.
The President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, who announced the Prime Minister’s death in a statement
He said, “Our country is in mourning. I have immense sorrow to announce the death of the Prime Minister, Hamed Bakayoko, Head of Government, Minister of Defense, this Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Germany, as a result of cancer. I pay tribute to the Prime Minister, Hamed Bakayoko, my son and close collaborator, too soon torn from our affection. The Prime Minister was a “great statesman, an example to young people and a man of exemplary loyalty.”
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