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Jerry Rawlings Dead: Ghana’s Former president dies at 73

Jerry John Rawlings the former president of Ghana has died at the age of 73.

Jerry died today in Accra the capital of Ghana while undergoing medical treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

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Rawlings mother Madam Victoria Agbotui died and was buried last month at the age of 101.

Rawlings was a former military leader in 1979 who became a politician and ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001.

This is breaking news, more details will be added later.

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In other news, Kanyi Daily recently reported that Globally celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel ‘Half of a Yellow Sun‘.

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