ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country's transition to a stable democracy, has died, according to the state’s Radio ...

Ghana’s Third Republic lasted for just two years – from 24 September 1979, to 31 December 1981. Jerry Rawlings book-ended these two events. In 1979 he stepped aside following an election narrowly won ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s late president ...

*In 1994, Elizabeth, Sia, Sia, Yaba, of the Yaba TV Show had very rare one-on-one interview with the former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings. Her most pressing question was about dual ...

*I designed covers of West Africa magazine for 10 years on weekly basis. Hearing of the passing of Jerry Rawlings who staged two coups and later was a driving force behind Ghana’s emergence as a ...

ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana’s former President Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country’s transition to a stable democracy, has died, according to the state’s Radio Ghana ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 file photo, former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings attends the inauguration ceremony of Ghana's new President John Atta Mills in Accra, Ghana. Rawlings, who ...