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Ex-Congo president Pascal Lissouba dies at 88

by Hafeestonova

Former Congolese president, Pascal Lissouba, is dead. Lissouba died in Perpignan, France today Monday. August 24. Late Lissouba was 88 years old.

A statement from his Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UADS) party said he died after a brief illness.

The party’s spokesman and MP Honore Sayi said “President Lissouba passed away after an illness,”

Late Lissouba was president of the Republic of Congo also called Congo-Brazzaville, from 1992 to 1997. He fled the country after being overthrown in a civil war by the current president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, who had lost the country’s first multi-party elections in 1992.

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