Former Republic of Congo President Jacques Joaquim Yhombi Opango has died in France of coronavirus. His family confirmed the news.
He was 81.
Yhombi Opango, who led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979, died at a Paris hospital of COVID-19, his son Jean-Jacques said.
Yhombi Opango had been ill before he contracted the virus, his son said.
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