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In 2006, six years after Jerry John Rawlings had exited power after close to two decades, it emerged that he had been summoned by a US court over extra-judicial killings during his time as military ruler. The report emanated from a Daily Guide publication that said a Chicago Illinois court had issued …

The late Jerry John Rawlings, two-time coup leader turned democratic president of Ghana was mentioned in the Gabonese capital Libreville during the investiture of Africa’s newest coup leader. General Oligui Nguema, leader of the Gabonese military junta was formally sworn into office in the capital Libreville on Monday, September 4, …

When the legendary Aseibu Amenfi was creating his widely-hit song ‘Ka Na Wu’, he had a perfect idea of what the song was about and the impact it was going to make. What he however did not anticipate was that the song was going ruffle feathers in the leadership of …

Godsbrain Captain Smart, the host of Onua TV’s breakfast show has alleged that late President, Jerry John Rawlings sold the Nsawam Cannery Plant to his wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings. Captain Smart in an editorial on the June 21, 2023 edition of his show, implicated JJ Rawlings as the Ghanaian leader the …

In June 1989, the government of Ghana, under the Provisional National Defence Council administration of late former president Jerry John Rawlings, banned the activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Jehovah Witnesses. The two groups and their missionaries were subsequently given one-week ultimatum to leave the …

A key reason for Jerry John Rawlings’ popularity was his sensitivity towards the poor and identification with the predicaments of the less privileged. Rawlings’ claim to fame was that having endured hardship in childhood, he more than understood the plights of the poor and was always ready to help in whatever …

On June 4, 1979, Jerry John Rawlings led a government overthrow after the then military government of the Supreme Military Council (SMC II), led by Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo, was accused of massive corruption. After leading the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) which governed the country and supervised an election in the …

The first military regime in Ghana, led by the late former President of Ghana, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, became the country’s shortest revolutionary regime but whereas it appears that was a time in the country that drew it backwards, it has emerged that it wasn’t quite so. A new document …

Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi has recounted how in 1979 he became the first person to interview then Chairman Jerry John Rawlings after the June 4 coup. When Rawlings took over the reins of political leadership, he specifically requested that Ahwoi, then a young lawyer, interviews him for his first media appearance …

South Africa, which is struggling to roll out its inoculation programme as it enters a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, said Sunday it will pull millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following contamination concerns at one of the US drugmaker’s sites. On Friday, the US Food …