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Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, one of Congo-Brazzaville’s main presidential contenders, died Sunday after falling seriously ill with Covid-19.
His campaign manager told AFP news agency that Mr. Kolelas “died in the medical plane that picked him up from Brazzaville on Sunday afternoon”.
The 61-year-old man tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, the last day of election campaigns.
He was diabetic and was one of six candidates vying for 77-year-old President Sassou Nguesso.
Sunday’s election went smoothly and with low turnout, observers said.
A day before the election, Mr Kolelas was filmed looking weak and wearing an oxygen mask, but encouraging voters to go and vote.
He was the son of a former Prime Minister and previously served as Minister of Fisheries and Civil Servants.
The electoral law does not annul the election if one of the candidates dies.
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