Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of Congo who went into exile in France in 1997 has reportedly died of Coronavirus in Paris.
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His family confirmed the news saying that he was already ill before contracting the disease.
He was 81 years old.
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The global number of coronavirus has now escalated to almost 800,000 with almost 40,000 deaths.
BBC