Ivory Coast
Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire Hamed Bakayoko died of cancer on Wednesday in a hospital in Freiburg (Germany). He had just turned 56 on March 8th.
President Alassane Ouattara wrote on Twitter: "Our country is in mourning. I am deeply saddened to announce the death of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, Head of Government, Minister of Defense, this Wednesday March 10, 2021, in Germany, as a result of cancer.
The new technique relies on plastic tubes with insecticide, inserted in holes on house walls. It has been tested over 2 years in 40 villages within Ivory Coast, in combination with bed nets.
Opposition leaders have joined thousands of opposition supporters to protest President Alassane Ouattara's plan to seek a third term in the Oct. 31 presidential election. People held banners that said "The people say no to an illegal third term" and "Stop to a third term".
Ouattara has been in power for almost a decade and has announced he'd run for a third term after his chosen successor's sudden death.
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Côte d'Ivoire President Alassane Outtara said he will run for re-election in October. Outtara has already served the maximum of two terms. Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly was supposed to be his successor for the upcoming election, but he died earlier this month.
Outtara went on television and said: "Faced with this case of force majeure and out of civic duty, I have decided to respond favourably to the call of my fellow citizens asking me to be a candidate in the presidential election of 31 October 2020."
The opposition has condemned this move and pointed out that the constitution forbids a third term.
The prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire and presidential candidate for an October election, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, has died on Wednesday. He was 61 years old.
Coulibaly had just returned from a 2-month medical treatment in France. Shortly after he attended a cabinet meeting, started to feel unwell and was then rushed to a hospital where he later died.
A landslide caused by heavy rain in Anyama, Côte d'Ivoire killed 13 people. Several people are still missing. Flooding risk still remains high as search for missing people continues.
Abidjan's Prefect Vincent Toh Bi: "The provisional death toll is 13 and searches are continuing. 20 houses were swept away."