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play videoRawlings was buried at the military cemetery in Accra.
The stature of Jerry John Rawlings in Ghana’s recent history meant that international media outlets were interested in his person hence his death in November 2020 was widely reported by the foreign press.
Both electronic and digital media outlets rolled out different perspectives of the man from his days as a military ruler to the democratically elected era and life after presidency.
The media has also covered his four-day funeral period but not as extensively as they did the announcement of his passing. GhanaWeb looks at some of the international headlines around his funeral.
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In the pantheon of great African leaders who have joined the ranks of the ancestors, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe, Muammar Gadhafi, Sekou Toure and Gamal Abdel Nasser, it would be impossible to exclude Flight Lt. Jerry John Rawlings from that number.
Mr. Rawlings led the Republic of Ghana for 19 years from 1981 to 2000 as its longest serving president and is credited with successfully transforming Ghana from military rule to a multiparty democracy with consecutive smooth power transfers.
An official state funeral for Mr. Rawlings was held Jan. 27 in Accra, Ghana, the nation’s seaside capital.
Leaders and voices globally remembered the statesman, who passed away in Ghana on November 12, 2020, after a short illness. He was 73-years old.
Former President Jerry John Rawlings will be buried today, January 27, 2021, ending four days of mourning activities.
The pre-burial service which will take place at the Independence Square will see scores of Ghanaians paying their last respects to Mr. Rawlings.
President Akufo-Addo, the Vice President and other government officials will be present at the funeral.
Liberia President George Weah and Sierra Leone President, Julius Maada Bio are among the foreign dignitaries expected to attend the funeral
Mamadou Tangara, The Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel as well as delegations from the ECOWAS Commission, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria are also expected at the state funeral,
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