John Atta Mills Dead: Ghana President Reportedly Dies
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07/24/2012 9:17 pm
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Ghana President
John Atta Mills attends the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security
at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Friday, May 18, 2012, at the Ronald
Reagan Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
ACCRA, July 24
(Reuters) - Ghana's President John Atta Mills has died unexpectedly, a
presidential statement said, and an aide said his death occurred on Tuesday
after he took ill on Monday night.
The death of
the president of the world's No. 2 cocoa grower comes months before Mills was
due to stand for re-election at the helm of the West African country that
posted double-digit growth in 2011 and has been praised for its strong
democracy in a turbulent region.
"It is
with a heavy heart...that we announce the sudden and untimely death of the
president of the Republic of Ghana," a statement sent to Reuters by the
president's office said.
It said that
Mills, 68, died a few hours after being taken ill but no further details were
given.
A presidential
aide, who asked not to be named, said the president had complained of pains on
Monday evening and died early on Tuesday afternoon when his condition worsened.
Mills, who
oversaw the start of oil production in Ghana, returned from medical checks in
the United States several weeks ago. (Reporting by Kwassi Kpodo; Writing by
David Lewis; Editing by Michael Roddy)
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Some of his pictures during his life time. May His Soul rest in Peace.
Jakaya Kikwete, John Atta Mills,
and Meles Zenawi
John Atta Mills
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