President of Ghana dies
John Atta Mills, who ran three times for president before being elected in the closest vote in Ghana’s history on a platform vowing to reform the west African country, has died aged 68, officials said.
Chief of staff John Henry Martey Newman addressed the nation on state-run television stations, saying that Mr Atta Mills died on Tuesday afternoon at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra. He gave no details about the cause of death.
