Congo: General Mokoko positive at Covid-19

Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko during an interview in his residence in Brazzaville, March 19, 2016 (illustration image). EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

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In Congo-Brazzaville, the news is worrying about the state of health of General Mokoko. The 73-year-old Congolese opponent, sentenced in 2018 to 20 years in prison, tested positive for Covid-19. He was admitted to a military hospital on Thursday. There is now talk of transferring him to another hospital in Brazzaville. But the general's family objects.

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The explanations of one of the seven members of the collective of lawyers who defends General Mokoko. French lawyer, Maître Norbert Tricaud, from the Paris bar.

The latest news is not good. Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko had been transferred to the military hospital (…) We want him to be able to go to his home to be treated by his family doctor (…) They want to move him to another hospital which is a real moiroir ...

Master Norbert Tricaud.

Christophe Boisbouvier

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