Gabon’s President Ali Bongo suffered a stroke which led to his hospitalization, Vice President Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou confirmed over the weekend.
The VP whiles delivering a speech in Franceville, south of the country, said Bongo had suffered a cerebrovascular accident or CVA, commonly known as a stroke.
CVA in simple terms involves: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
He went on to caution against the tendency for anyone to rejoice over another’s state of misfortune especially when it relates to health. “Nobody should rejoice over the death or illness of another, those who have never known a CVA, pray to God that they never know one….. Read more
