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Ghana: Jerry Rawlings state funeral begins
Ghana has begun its final farewell to Jerry Rawlings, who ruled the West African nation for two decades first as a military leader and then as elected president. The burial of JJ will take place on Wednesday.
Rawlings saw his leadership role to be that of a watchdog for ordinary Ghanaians
Ghana s former president Jerry Rawlings lay in state on Monday at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Rawlings died in November at the age of 73. His funeral was initially scheduled for December 23 but was postponed, because of what the foreign ministry called unforeseen circumstances.
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