He has no choice but to change the direction of his troubled nation and its military establishment.
The Russian government, however, said it would be sending humanitarian aid to the troubled nation.
"The only ray of hope for our troubled nation was extinguished" when he died, it said.
An excellent question and one that policy makers in troubled nations around the world may well be scratching their heads over for some time.
So that leaves the troubled nation with a leader who has for almost a year been unable to lead.
Is there hope for the troubled African nation?
Now the general has taken his troubled nation a big step backward from that goal.
It is an escape - if fleeting - from the hard realities of life in a deeply troubled nation.
Many resolved, therefore, to travel abroad to learn the ways of the West in order to benefit their troubled nation.