The body of the Ivory Coast’s late prime minister Hamed Bakayoko arrived Abidjan on Saturday from Germany.
Bakayoko, who was also defence minister, was evacuated to France on 18 February by special plane for “health reasons”, before being transferred to a hospital in Germany last weekend, at the time legislative elections in Ivory Coast were being held.
Hamed Bakayoko succeeded Amadou Gon Coulibaly as Prime Minister in July 2020, who died a few days after returning from hospital and a two-month convalescence in France for heart problems.
Appreciated on all sides of a country marked by high political tensions, paid their tributes.
