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Together these forces took Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire in the morning of October 16.

Lissouba fled the capital while his soldiers surrendered and citizens began looting.

Yhombi-Opango supported Lissouba during the war, serving as leader of the Presidential Majority, and after Sassou Nguesso's victory he fled into exile in Côte d ' Ivoire and France.

Soon thereafter, Sassou Nguesso declared himself President and named a 33-member government.