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Ghana’s longest-serving leader, former President Jerry John Rawlings, will be buried on Wednesday. His body has been lying in state since Monday and hundreds of people have taken the opportunity to pay their last respects. The funeral rituals are taking place with strict enforcement of coronavirus restrictions. Rawlings died on …

Former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings will lie in state from Monday in the capital, Accra, although strict Covid-19 protocols will be in place for people who want to pay their respects. John Jerry Rawlings, who was Ghana’s longest-serving leader, died in November, aged 73, after a short illness. Funeral events …