Ex-Congo president Lissouba dies at 88

BRAZZAVILLE: Former Congolese president Pascal Lissouba, who in 1992 won his country's first multi-party presidential elections, died in France on Monday at the age of 88, his party told AFP. "President Lissouba passed away after an illness," Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) spokesman and MP Honore Sayi said. Lissouba died in Perpignan, southwestern France, he said. The death was confirmed on Facebook by his son Jeremie Lissouba, who is also a lawmaker.