Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has joined the country’s leaders to mourn the passing of his predecessor Jerry John Rawlings. Mr Rawlings, a retired Flight Lieutenant in the Ghana Armed Forces, died on Thursday, November 12 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after a short illness. He had …
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The flagbearer of the opposition, National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has suspended his campaign over the death of the party founder, J.J. Rawlings. The former President who was touring Obuasi in the Ashanti Region ahead of the December polls said: ” We did not hear good news as we …
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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has been reported dead on Thursday, November 12, 2020, after battling a short illness. Before his demise, lots of Ghanaians admired his personality as many described him as a disciplined, no-nonsense man. Ghanaweb in this report makes a compilation of some famous quotes made by the late …
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Former President Jerry John Rawlings is dead, GhanaWeb can confirm. The former president GhanaWeb understands passed on, today, November 12, 2020 after a brief illness. According to state-owned Daily Graphic, the former President had been on admission at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for about a week for an undisclosed ailment. He …
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