AMADOU ALI, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Relations with the Parliament is no more.

Reports say he died yesterday inside a plane which was transporting him back from Switzerland where he was evacuated for treatment.

Aged 79, he began his political journey as first deputy SDO in NGAOUNDERE between 1971-1972, he also occupied strategic positions at the ministries of Territorial Administration, Public Service, Tourism, Defense.