Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73 FILE - In this Wednesday, July 20, 2011 file photo, the African Union envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings, inspects a guard of honour of African Union peacekeepers, during a visit to displaced persons camps in southern Mogadishu, Somalia. 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)
FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 file photo, former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings speaks at the final campaign rally for opposition presidential candidate John Atta Mills, in Tema, 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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. 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin, File)
FILE - In this Monday, March 5, 2007 file photo, former Ghanaian coup leader and president Jerry Rawlings is seen during a press interview in 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin, File)
FILE - In this Monday, March 23, 1998 file photo, Ghana's President Jerry Rawlings, left, U.S. President Clinton, center, and U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, center-right, both wearing the Kente traditional Ghanaian dress, and Ghana's first lady Nana Rawlings, right, greet a crowd of over 200,000 people assembled in Independence Square in 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1999 file photo, Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings, right, gestures with President Clinton looking over his shoulder during a news conference at the White House in Washington. 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 8, 1999 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, flanked to the right by Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings, shakes hands with one of over a dozen Ghanaian tribal chiefs lined up to greet her, at an outdoor ceremony in 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2001 file photo, outgoing President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, right, meets with President-elect John Kufuor, left, as they hold discussions on the transfer of power in 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/ Clement Ntaye, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 20, 2011 file photo, the African Union envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings, inspects a guard of honour of African Union peacekeepers, during a visit to displaced persons camps in southern Mogadishu, Somalia. 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 aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)