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Ghana bids farewell to late president

2012-08-10 259 Dailymotion

A woman cries as she lines up in the capital's Independence Square on the last day of the funeral ceremony for Ghana's late President John Atta Mills.<br/> <br />Thousands gathered in Accra on Friday to say farewell to a man loved by many, who died suddenly just months before national elections.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ACCRA RESIDENT ADDY QUASHIE SAYING:<br/> <br />"I have walked almost two and half hours to be here and it's so important to me because I love my president that is why I am here."<br/> <br />Mills has won international praise for his country's stable democracy and promoting oil exports over the last two years.<br/> <br />Ghana's vice president is acting as caretaker until polls at the end of the year.

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