Ghana president John Atta Mills dead at 68
Ghana’s President John Atta Mills has died at the age of 68.
The Ghanaian leader passed away on 24 July at a military hospital in the capital Accra.
No cause of death has been declared, but reports say that President Mills may have been suffering from throat cancer, and that he had recently returned from eight days of medical treatment in the United States.
Vice President John Dramani Mahama was immediately sworn into office upon word of the president’s death and will serve out the rest of his term in accordance with Ghana’s constitution.
President Mills had served since 2009 in what many consider to be a great period for democracy and economic growth in Ghana.
Reports say that he had planned to seek re-election at the end of his term in December.
