Akufo-Addo declares 7days national mourning over Rawlings' death
Akufo-Addo commiserated with the family of the deceased former President
Jonas Danquah 
President Nana Akufo-Addo Dankwa has declared seven days of national mourning following the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings.
Akufo-Addo in a statement also directed that all national flags are to fly at half-mast for the next seven days as well.
“I have directed that all national flags fly at half-mast for the next seven days in all parts of the country and have declared seven days of national mourning from Friday 13th November to Friday November 20. In honour of the memory of former President Rawlings, the Vice President and I have suspended our political campaigns for the same period”
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Rawlings reportedly died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital today [November 12] after battling an undisclosed ailment for the last couple of days.
