A former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, has died from suspected COVID-19 complications.
He died at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday morning.
Jerry Rawlings John AKA J.J.Rawlings was born on 22 June 1947 and died at the age of 73.
The former leader is known to have founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and became the first president of the Fourth Republic in 1981.
He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years and served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana.
Meanwhile, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has declared seven days of mourning for late Jerry Rawlings.
Mr Akufo-Addo announced that he had suspended his campaign for next month’s election, adding that flags would fly at half-mast.
The seven days mourning would start on Friday.
“A greater tree has fallen, and Ghana is poorer for the loss,” Mr Akufo-Addo said, adding that Mr. Rawlings would be given a “fitting” state funeral.
