Sékou Kourouma (1956 – 18 April 2020) was a Guinean politician, political aide and advisor to

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. He held the position of

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to Condé, a high-ranking post officially known as the Secretary General of the Government, until his death from COVID-19. Kourouma, who was also a former Minister of Public Works, was a relative of Condé. Kourouma died from complications of

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at age 65 on Saturday 18 April 2020 at

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. Guinea's Minister of Health, Colonel Remy Lamah, confirmed Kourouma's death that evening, while the Office of the President issued statements and tweets the next day. Kourouma's death was the latest in a string of high-profile deaths of officials during the

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. In addition to Kourouma, the head of Guinea's electoral commission, Amadou Salif Kebe, died of COVID-19 on 17 April 2020, just 24 hours earlier. Victor Traoré, the director of Guinea's

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bureau, also died from COVID-19 in April. Kourouma was also the second Chief of Staff to a

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n president to die from COVID-19 in April 2020.

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, the Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria

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, died from COVID-19 on 17 April 2020, the day before Kourouma's death.

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