Breaking News: Ghana President Mills dead - presidential statement

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s President John Atta Mills has

died, according to a statement sent by the president’s

office to Reuters on Tuesday.

“It is with a heavy heart…that we announce the sudden and

untimely death of the president of the Republic of Ghana,”

the statement said.

It said the president, 68, died a few hours after being taken

ill but no further details were given. (Reporting by Kwassi

Kpodo; Writing by David Lewis; Editing by Michael Roddy)