Côte d’Ivoire: Former Justice and Public Liberties Minister Mamadou Gnénéma Coulibaly Dies

Former Ivorian Justice and Public Liberties Minister Mamadou Gnénéma Coulibaly has died, according to a statement from the Office of the Prosecutor General. A senior magistrate, he served as Advocate General at the Court of Cassation and the Council of State, heading its criminal division. The circumstances and cause of his death have not been disclosed. Funeral arrangements will be announced later; he was appointed minister after the 2010–2011 post-election crisis and was later replaced by Jean Sansan Kambilé.