Republic of Congo presidential candidate dies of Covid-19

People walk past an election poster featuring opposition presidential candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas in central Brazzaville (Lebon Chansard Ziavoula/AP)

The Republic of Congo’s top presidential opposition candidate, Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, who was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 complications on election day, has died, a spokesman said on Monday.

The 61-year-old politician was last seen in a video circulating on social media on Saturday in which he told supporters he was “fighting death”.