Thursday, April 23, 2020

Sékou Kourouma

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'''Sékou Kourouma''' (died April 18, 2020) was a Guinean politician, political aide and advisor to [[Guinea]]n [[President of Guinea|President]] [[Alpha Condé]]. He held the position of [[Chief of Staff]] to President Condé, a high-ranking post officially known as the Secretary General of the Government, until his death from COVID-19 in April 2020.<ref name=an/><ref name=gn/><ref name=tv5monde>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Kourouma, who was also a former Minister of Public Works, was a relative of Condé.<ref name=an>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=gn>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=tv5monde/>

Sékou Kourouma died from complications of COVID-19 on Saturday, April 18, 2020, at [[Donka Hospital]] in [[Conakry]].<ref name=an/><ref name=gn/><ref name=tv5monde/><ref name=af>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Guinea's Minister of Health, Colonel [[Rémy Lamah]], confirmed Kourouma's death that evening, while the Office of the President issued statements and tweets the next day.<ref name=an/><ref name=tv5monde/> Kourouma's death was the latest in a string of high-profile deaths of officials during the [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Guinea]].<ref name=an/><ref name=af/> In addition to Kourouma, the head of Guinea's election commission, [[Amadou Salif Kebe]], died of COVID-19 on April 17, 2020, just 24-hours earlier.<ref name=an/><ref name=gn/><ref name=tv5monde/><ref name=af/> Victor Traoré, the director of Guinea's [[Interpol]] bureau, also died from COVID-19 in April.<ref name=an/><ref name=tv5monde/>

Kourouma was also the second Chief of Staff to a [[West Africa]]n president to die from COVID-19 in April 2020. [[Abba Kyari]], the [[Chief of Staff to the President (Nigeria)|Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria]] [[Muhammadu Buhari]], died from COVID-19 on April 17, 2020, the day before Kourouma's death.<ref></ref>

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