Ghana's President John Atta Mills
has died unexpectedly, a presidential statement said, and an aide said his
death occurred on Tuesday [July 24] 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.
SOURCE - Reuters
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may his soul rest in peace
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