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Henri Konan Bédié, the controversial giant of Ivorian politics has died aged 89

Former Ivorian president and president of the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire, Henri Konan Bedié has died at the age of 89. © Sia Kambou

Côte d'Ivoire's former president Henri Konan Bédié, who had not excluded a possibile return to power in recent years, has died aged 89.

According to a statement released by the former president's PDCI-RDA party, it was "deeply saddened to announce the sudden death" of Bédié in hospital in Abidjan on Tuesday.

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