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Ghana: Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has died
Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has passed away at the age of 76 at the Ridge Hospital in the country’s capital, Accra, according to sources close to the family. Nana Konadu, the wife of the late former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, was Ghana’s longest-serving First Lady. She was First…
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