(Reuters) - Ghana's president, John Atta Mills, died on Tuesday. Here is a look back at events in the West African country. July 1960 - Kwame Nkrumah becomes president of the Republic of Ghana ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — President John Atta Mills vowed to spread Ghana's wealth stemming from newly discovered offshore oil fields, but his death Tuesday came before he could finish his first term in this West African nation long held up …

Mills, who died of throat cancer last month at 68, drew some heavyweight foreign backers in life: U.S. President Barack Obama was among foreign dignitaries who made a point of visiting to endorse Ghana's adoption of democracy in a region notorious for military coups and strongmen. So it was in death: in the stadium bleachers, Hillary Clinton ...

By 1992, he had become an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Ghana.

Accra, Aug. 2, GNA - Master Andrew Adansi Bonnah, 11-year-old initiator of the Save Somali Children From Hunger Project, has joined Ghanaians to mourn late President John Evans Atta Mills, who died on Tuesday, 24 July, at the 37 th Military Hospital in Accra.

ACCRA — Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly Tuesday hours after being taken ill and months before a vote in which he was to seek re-election in the country seen as a bastion of democracy in West Africa. The 68-year-old Mills, who oversaw the start of large-scale oil production in Ghana in December 2010, had recently traveled to the ...

Mills, a former law professor and a tax expert, was Ghana's vice president from 1997 to 2000. He became president in 2009, narrowly winning a runoff vote, having unsuccessfully run for the top ...

Ghana's President John Atta Mills. Vice President to replace him. Ghana's President John Atta Mills, who won international praise as leader of a stable model democracy in Africa, died suddenly on Tuesday and will be succeeded by his vice-president in the West African oil, gold and cocoa producer, officials said.

John Atta Mills, Ghana's president, has died a few hours after being taken ill, a statement from the president's office and officials said. Mills, 68, …

The president of the West African nation of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, has died, the president's chief of staff said in a statement Tuesday. He died at a military hospital Tuesday afternoon, the statement said. Mills was a former law professor and served as Ghana's vice president from 1997 to 2000.

In line with Ghana's constitution, Vice-President John Dramani Mahama, who is 53, took the oath of office as head of state before a sombre parliament hours after the announcement of Mills' death.

July 24, 2012 BAMAKO, Mali — John Atta Mills, the president of Ghana, died on Tuesday at a military hospital in the capital, Accra, five months short of finishing his first term in office. He was...

15 July 2021 12:30am. Former President Atta Mills died on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Saturday, July 24, commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death ...

The president of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, died at the age of 68. CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports.

Achievements of the Late President John Evans Atta Mills. John Evans Atta Mills, (born July 21, 1944, Tarkwa, Ghana—died July 24, 2012, Accra, Ghana), Ghanaian politician and scholar who served as president of Ghana (2009–12).. On January 7, 2009, Mills was officially sworn in as president of Ghana.

The death of President Mills has opened a door of opportunity for me to become President' (President John Dramani Mahama). Juxtapose the President's statements with that of Anita de Souza own that 'if former President Mills had not died at the time he did, it would have dimmed the chances of the NDC', and you cannot but come to the conclusion ...

Ghana's president, John Evans Atta Mills, has died suddenly, aged 68. Mills, who was only months away from completing his first term in office, cancelled meetings and was taken to hospital at...

ACCRA â€" Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly Tuesday hours after being taken ill and months before he was to seek re-election in the country seen as a bastion of democracy in west Africa. The 68-year-old Mills, who oversaw the start of large-scale oil production in Ghana in December 2010, had recently traveled to the United ...

The founder and leader of Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi has said that Prof. Attah Mills wanted to be President so bad that he did not care if he died after winning the election.

Ghana's President John Atta Mills, who won international praise for presiding over a stable model democracy in Africa, died suddenly on Tuesday and his vice-president was quickly sworn in to ...

Ghana's President John Atta Mills, who was suffering from throat cancer, has died in hospital in the capital, Accra. A statement from his office said the 68-year-old died a few hours after being...

AFP - Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly on Tuesday at the age of 68 hours after being taken ill and months before a vote in which he was to seek re-election, his office said. "It is ...

Mills, who turned 68 on Saturday, had planned to run for a second term as president in December. According to reports from Ghana, Mills complained of pains Monday and died Tuesday at a military ...

He said Mills who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012 had trust in the popular televangelist and philanthropist, TB Joshua with whom he had a close relationship. Mills died on 24 July, 2012 at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, three days after his 68th birthday.

Former President of Ghana dies from COVID-19. Jerry Rawlings, the ex-President of Ghana, has reportedly passed away from the complications of coronavirus infection. According to the reports, the ...

Ghana's president dies. Story highlights. NEW: "This is the saddest day in our nation's history," the new president says. John Evans Atta Mills died a …

July 24, 2012 Gravatar. Ghana's President John Atta Mills, who was suffering from throat cancer, has died in hospital in the capital, Accra. A statement from his office said the 68-year-old died a few hours after being taken ill, but did not give details. "It is with a heavy heart… that we announce the sudden and untimely death of the ...

Ghana President Mills dies, VP takes over By Kwasi Kpodo 5 Min Read ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's President John Atta Mills, who won international praise for presiding over a stable model democracy in...

Ghana's President Atta Mills Dies at 68. State-run television in Ghana has said President John Atta Mills has died. He was 68. News. …

GHANA: President Atta Mills dies in Accra Citi FM reports that President Atta Mills of Ghana just died, following illness in Accra. The president's health had been unde r watch for some time. At this time last year, when the NDC party convention was taking place, this had raised speculations over the party possibly choosing another candidate ...