Ghana’s former President Rawlings dies of Covid-19

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Ghana’s former President, Jerry John Rawlings has died at the age of 73.

He died on Thursday in the capital Accra while undergoing medical treatment for Covid-19 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

Mr. Rawlings last month buried his mother Madam Victoria Agbotui who died at the age of 101.

Rawlings, a former military leader who subsequently became a politician ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001.

He previously ruled for a brief period in 1979 after leading a military junta.

Rawlings remained a leader of a military junta until 1992 when he then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana.

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