Ghana’s former President Rawlings is dead

Ghana’s former President, Jerry John Rawlings has died at the age of 73.

He died on Thursday in the capital Accra while undergoing medical treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

Mr. Rawlings last month buried his mother Madam Victoria Agbotui who died at the age of 101.

Rawlings, a former military leader who subsequently became a politician ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001.

He previously ruled for a brief period in 1979 after leading a military junta.

Rawlings remained a leader of a military junta until 1992 when he then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana.