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Usually it is strange to see a sympathiser crying at a funeral more than the bereaved. In any such event especially when the sympathiser is a known enemy of the deceased like the case of Akufo-Addo when the death of former President Rawlings is concerned, shocked on-lookers will describe the …

A Civil Society Organization, Concerned Voters Movement (CVM), has alleged that the leadership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) wants to cremate the dead body of deceased former President, Jerry John Rawlings for spiritual directions ahead of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. According to the group, attempts by …

Ghanaians get their mouths busy following throwback wedding photos of JJ Rawlings and Konadu Agyemang. While some talk about their outfits, others were much particular about the poor nature of cameras those days. The late former President Jerry John Rawlings was born on June 22, 1947, in Accra, Ghana to …

Jerry John Rawlings who seized power twice in military coups but went on to bring democratic rule to Ghana died on Thursday at the age of 73. Rawlings died on Thursday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in the capital, Accra, where he had been receiving treatment after a …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is tonight holding a vigil in honour of its founder, the late Jerry John Rawlings. The former president Rawlings died on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after a short illness. The vigil is taking place at the Obra Spot, Kwame Nkrumah …

The State Protocol Department has scheduled former presidents John Agyekum Kufuor, John Dramani Mahama to sign the book of condolence opened in memory of the late President Jerry John Rawlings on Monday, November 16. The two former heads of state are expected at the Accra International Conference Centre where the book will be open between …

Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta, a communications consultant and cousin to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has written a brief of her childhood recollection and an interesting eulogy of the late President Jerry John Rawlings. She wrote on her Facebook timeline: “It is particularly ironic that the end, came in the comfort …

Manasseh Azuri Awuni, one of Ghana’s Investigative Journalists is questioning why the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is fighting over the funeral of its founder when it fell out with him long before his death. According to him, Mr Jerry John Rawlings was closer to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo than …

The family of the late former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings says there will be no one-week ceremony held in his honour. According to a statement from the Communication Directorate of the Office of the former President, “All flyers and other communication announcing such ceremony are false and should be ignored”. …

The Office of the late President JJ Rawlings has denied claims that former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings is on admission at a health facility in Accra. There were reports in the immediate aftermath of the passing of Mr Rawlings that Mrs Rawlings had also been admitted at a health …