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Former President of the Republic of the Congo Jacques Joachim Yombi Opango has died at a Paris hospital affected by COVID-19. He was pronounced dead on Monday (March 30th) According to his family, the AFP reported.

At the time of his death, Opango was 81 years old. He led the Congo from 1977 to 1979.

His son, Jean-Jacques, said he had been ill before being infected by Corona.

He was born in the northern part of the Congo. Opango was an army officer. After the assassination of President Marianne Ngoubi, he came in country’s power.

After the outbreak of the Civil War in Congo, Opango began to exile in France. Opango lived in France and Congo due to ill health.

Opango was released before a national conference that saw the emergence of multi-party politics in the Central African country. He established the Rally for Democracy and Development Party in congo. However, he lost in the presidential election of 1992.

So far, more than 787,000 people have been infected and 38,000 has died due to the worldwide epidemic Coronavirus