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'A patriot': Tributes pour in for Ghana's ex president Rawlings

People gathered outside the home of the former president in Accra   -  
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Ghanaians poured praise on their former leader Jerry Rawlings who died on Thursday. Many eulogized him as a patriot and a democrat.

President Nana Akufo-Addo ordered flags around the country to fly at half-mast, to mark seven days of national mourning from Friday.

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