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Jerry Rawlings

  1. Islamist bomb attack toll in Somalia rises to 15
    France 24 logo France 24 1 week ago
    People look at the wreckage of a car used in a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu. At least 15 people were killed by the suicide bomber from the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab, officials said Thursday, as details emerged of the heavy blast in Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu

    AFP - At least 15 people were killed by a suicide bomber from the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab, officials said Thursday, as details emerged of the heavy blast in Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu. "The horrible suicide blast, carried out by desperate and vi

  2. NDC Hijacked by CJA
    Ghana Web logo Ghana Web 1 week ago

    ...as plot by CJA Cabals to take over party and run government thickens Until now, it has been a lingering rumour, but the names and the activities of the new power brokers within the ruling National Democratic Congress party are beginning to pop up soon

  3. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 week ago
    African Union (AU) Special Representative to Somalia Jerry Rawlings stands in front of a guard of honour at the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) headquarters following his arrival for a two-day visit in the Somali capital Mogadishu February 7,...

    African Union (AU) Special Representative to Somalia Jerry Rawlings stands in front of a guard of honour at the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) headquarters following his arrival for a two-day visit in the Somali capital Mogadishu February 7,... View Photo »

  4. I'm not saying that Kenya should consider negotiating with al Shabaab. I'm saying that all of us engaged in the effort to bring stability to Somalia should not shut the door to combatant elements who would want to put aside their weapons and talk politics
    – Jerry Rawlings SOURCE: International Business Times 2 months ago
  5. Africa asks itself: Where is the aid money?
    Christian Science Monitor logo Christian Science Monitor 2 weeks ago

    African nations pledged five months ago to do more to help each other when famine and disaster strike. But so far, they haven't come up with the promised cash. Five months ago, in a grand auditorium and beneath a cinema-sized screen scrolling images of s

  6. Center for Technology and Economic Development and UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade host conference on role of technology in economic development
    AME Info logo AME Info 2 weeks ago

    The two-day conference 'Enhancing Economic Development through Technology: Focus on Africa and other Developing Regions' will explore how innovative technological solutions can play a vital role in economic and social progress in developing regions. The

  7. Africa has handed over £2.75 million of £200 million famine relief five months on
    The Telegraph logo The Telegraph 2 weeks ago

    Presidents, prime ministers and senior government officials pledged the funds in August in a delayed response to the hunger crisis that threatened more than 12 million Kenyans, Somalis and Ethiopians with starvation. At the time, Jerry Rawlings, Ghana's

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago
    CORRECTION NAME IN CAPTION - Former President of Ghana and UN Special Envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (2-L), Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo and Former President South Africa Thabo Mbeki (R) attend the official opening of the African...

    CORRECTION NAME IN CAPTION - Former President of Ghana and UN Special Envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (2-L), Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo and Former President South Africa Thabo Mbeki (R) attend the official opening of the African... View Photo »

  9. VOA's Shaka Ssali talks with Jerry Rawlings Pt 1 on VOA's In Focus
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  10. Africa: AU Confident UN Will Approve Somalia Troop Boost
    AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 2 weeks ago

    Addis Ababa — The African Union is confident that the United Nations will soon rubber stamp it's proposed boosting of its force in Somalia to 17,000 troops. After a ministerial meeting at the Addis Ababa summit on Saturday AU High Representative for Soma

  11. NDC..Boils As Volta Defies Witch Hunting Attempt
    Ghana Web logo Ghana Web 1 month ago

    Stormy days lie ahead of the NDC in the Volta Region as Mills’ faithful continue to witch-hunt the followers of Rawlings who are believed to be true sympathizers and believers of the NDC’s ideologies. Some NDC youth in Ho Central and North Danyi constit

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About Jerry Rawlings

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Jerry John Rawlings (born Jeremiah Rawlings John 22 June 1947 in Accra, Gold Coast) is a Scottish-Ghanaian former air force officer and politician. He was twice the head of state of Ghana and was the 1st President of the Fourth Republic. He first appeared on the Ghanaian political scene on 15 May, 1979 when he led a group of junior officers in... Full Article

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CORRECTION NAME IN CAPTION - Former President of Ghana and UN Special Envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (2-L), Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo and Former President South Africa Thabo Mbeki (R) attend the official opening of the African Union, AU, Summit in the Ethiopian...
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  1. CORRECTION NAME IN CAPTION - Former President of Ghana and UN Special Envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (2-L), Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo and Former President South Africa Thabo Mbeki (R) attend the official opening of the African Union, AU, Summit in the Ethiopian... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    CORRECTION NAME IN CAPTION - Former President of Ghana and UN Special Envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (2-L), Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo and Former President South Africa Thabo Mbeki (R) attend the official opening of the African Union, AU, Summit in the Ethiopian...

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  2. Somali president Sharif Sheik Ahmed (R) and African Union (AU) envoy to Somalia Jerry Rawlings (L) give a press conference at Mogadishu’s presidential palace after Rawlings arrived in the Somalia capital on January 25, 2012. The president of the Transitional Federal government (TFG), of... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

    Somali president Sharif Sheik Ahmed (R) and African Union (AU) envoy to Somalia Jerry Rawlings (L) give a press conference at Mogadishu’s presidential palace after Rawlings arrived in the Somalia capital on January 25, 2012. The president of the Transitional Federal government (TFG), of...

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  3. Former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, arrives for a gala dinner ahead of the upcoming African National Congress (ANC) centenary celebration in Bloemfontein January 7, 2012. South Africa's ruling ANC celebrates its 100th birthday on Sunday. The long-banned liberation movement took... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

    Former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, arrives for a gala dinner ahead of the upcoming African National Congress (ANC) centenary celebration in Bloemfontein January 7, 2012. South Africa's ruling ANC celebrates its 100th birthday on Sunday. The long-banned liberation movement took...

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  4. Ghana's former President Jerry Rawlings (L) gestures prior to attending a gala dinner in Bloemfontein on January 7, 2012. South Africa's mighty African National Congress on January 6, 2012 began celebrations for its centenary, still firmly at the helm of Nelson Mandela's all-race... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

    Ghana's former President Jerry Rawlings (L) gestures prior to attending a gala dinner in Bloemfontein on January 7, 2012. South Africa's mighty African National Congress on January 6, 2012 began celebrations for its centenary, still firmly at the helm of Nelson Mandela's all-race...

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  5. Former President of Ghana and African Union special envoy for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (R) and Kenya's Defense Minister Yusuf Haji address a news conference at the Department of Defense (DOD) in Nairobi November 23, 2011. Rawlings on Wednesday urged countries waging war on al Shabaab to... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Former President of Ghana and African Union special envoy for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (R) and Kenya's Defense Minister Yusuf Haji address a news conference at the Department of Defense (DOD) in Nairobi November 23, 2011. Rawlings on Wednesday urged countries waging war on al Shabaab to...

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  6. Jerry Rawlings (C), former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, reacts as he listens to a woman carrying her malnourished baby in a camp established by the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) for the internally displaced people in Mogadishu... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Jerry Rawlings (C), former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, reacts as he listens to a woman carrying her malnourished baby in a camp established by the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) for the internally displaced people in Mogadishu...

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  7. Jerry Rawlings (C), former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, speaks to the media as he stands next to Mogdishu's Mayor Mohamed Nur (2nd L) in the country's capital July 20, 2011. The United Nations said on Wednesday two regions of southern Somalia had... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Jerry Rawlings (C), former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, speaks to the media as he stands next to Mogdishu's Mayor Mohamed Nur (2nd L) in the country's capital July 20, 2011. The United Nations said on Wednesday two regions of southern Somalia had...

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  8. Jerry Rawlings (L), former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, and Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed hold a news conference at Villa Somalia, the complex which houses the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in the country's capital... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Jerry Rawlings (L), former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, and Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed hold a news conference at Villa Somalia, the complex which houses the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in the country's capital...

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  9. Jerry Rawlings (3rd L), former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, meets with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (4th R) at Villa Somalia, the complex which houses the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in the country's capital Mogadishu... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Jerry Rawlings (3rd L), former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, meets with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (4th R) at Villa Somalia, the complex which houses the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in the country's capital Mogadishu...

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  10. Former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (C), is introduced to African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) commanders by Force Commander General Nathan Mugisha (L), following his arrival at the mission's headquarters in Mogadishu July... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (C), is introduced to African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) commanders by Force Commander General Nathan Mugisha (L), following his arrival at the mission's headquarters in Mogadishu July...

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  11. Former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (C), inspects Ugandan soldiers forming an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) honour guard, following his arrival at the mission's headquarters in Mogadishu July 19, 2011, in this handout... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (C), inspects Ugandan soldiers forming an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) honour guard, following his arrival at the mission's headquarters in Mogadishu July 19, 2011, in this handout...

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  12. Ghana's former President Jerry Rawlings, who is also the Africa Union High Representative for Somalia, gestures as he speaks to the Black Stars, Ghana's national football team following a training session on March 23, 2011 in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The 'Black Stars', who have set... Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Ghana's former President Jerry Rawlings, who is also the Africa Union High Representative for Somalia, gestures as he speaks to the Black Stars, Ghana's national football team following a training session on March 23, 2011 in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The 'Black Stars', who have set...

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  13. Former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings, attends the Africa Union summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa August 25, 2011. A much-delayed African Union summit held on Thursday to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and drought... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

    Former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings, attends the Africa Union summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa August 25, 2011. A much-delayed African Union summit held on Thursday to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and drought...

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  14. Former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings, takes a photo on a mobile phone with a member of his delegation as he arrives at Mogadishu airport July 19, 2011, in this handout photo provided by the African Union-United Nations Information... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Former Ghanaian President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Jerry Rawlings, takes a photo on a mobile phone with a member of his delegation as he arrives at Mogadishu airport July 19, 2011, in this handout photo provided by the African Union-United Nations Information...

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CORRECTION NAME IN CAPTION - Former President of Ghana and UN Special Envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings (2-L), Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo and Former President South Africa Thabo Mbeki (R) attend the official opening of the African Union, AU, Summit in the Ethiopian...

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  1. I'm not saying that Kenya should consider negotiating with al Shabaab. I'm saying that all of us engaged in the effort to bring stability to Somalia should not shut the door to combatant elements who would want to put aside their weapons and talk politics
    – Jerry Rawlings SOURCE: International Business Times 2 months ago
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