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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo, Dignitaries Pay Last Respect to Ex-President Rawlings
GhanaToday, 26 January 2021
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday paid his last respect to late ex-president Jerry John Rawlings. Read more »
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Ghana: How Former President Rawlings Pioneered Heritage Tourism - In His Own Words
The Conversation Africa, 28 January 2021
In the 1980s, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings launched heritage tourism as a means to economic development in Ghana. Under his initiative, Ghana's forts and castles - where… Read more »
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Ghana: Public Urged to Observe Final Burial Rite of Rawling Virtually
GhanaToday, 26 January 2021
The Minister-designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged Ghanaians to observe the activities marking the final funeral rites of former President Jerry John Rawlings… Read more »
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Ghana: Rawlings - a New Generation Statesman
This Day, 27 January 2021
High Chief Tom Ikimi, as Foreign Minister of Nigeria, meets with President Jerry John Rawlings in Accra in 1996 Read more »
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Sierra Leone: President Bio Attends State Funeral of Former President Jerry John Rawlings of Ghana
Sierra Leone Government, 27 January 2021
Accra, Ghana, Wednesday 27 January 2021 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has attended the state funeral of the late Flt Lt Jerry J. Rawlings, the first President of… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Has Lost a Voice That Spoke Truth to Power At a High Level - - UN
GhanaToday, 28 January 2021
Not only has Ghana lost a son, but Africa has lost a voice that spoke truth to power at high places, a tribute from the Ghana Office of the United Nations has said. Read more »
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Ghana: Late President Rawlings Rendered Distinguished Service to the Nation - - President Akufo-Addo
GhanaToday, 27 January 2021
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extolled late former President Jerry John Rawlings, as a charismatic and fearless who rendered distinguished service to the nation. Read more »
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Liberia: President Weah Arrives in Ghana...joins World Leaders Pay Last Respect to Rawlings
Govt of Liberia, 26 January 2021
The President of the Republic, H.E.Dr George Manneh Weah has arrived in the Ghanaian capital, Accra to join other world leaders pay their last respect to former Ghana president… Read more »
Ghana Bids Farewell to Former President Jerry Rawlings
Ghanaians were able to pay their last respects to late ex-president Jerry John Rawlings, whose remains lay in state in a glass casket at the Accra Conference Centre. The funeral grounds was decorated with photographs of the late leader - from his military rule (1981-1992), to his civilian rule (1993-2000). Minister-designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, earlier urged Ghanaians to observe the activities of the final funeral rites virtually, to help contain the spread of Covid-19. Rawlings died on November 12, 2020.
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Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has ordered a one-week mourning period as the country comes to terms with the death of ex-president Jerry John Rawlings. Rawlings was admitted to ... Read more »
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Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings noticed traffic chaos at the junction that leads to Prampram in the Greater Accra region - and then decided to do something about ... Read more »
