ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Thousands of Ghanaians paid last respects Friday to Ghana's late President John Atta Mills, who died suddenly after helping transform his nation into one of Africa's fastest growing economies.<br/> <br />Crowds of mourning Ghanaians lined the streets of the nation's capital city, Accra, as the coffin carrying the last remains of Mills was carried on a gun carriage followed by wreath bearers from State House to Independence Square, where an official funeral service was held.<br/> <br />More than a dozen heads of state, mainly from West Africa, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined thousands of Mills's mourning countrymen for the funeral ceremony.<br/> <br />Mills, who had been due to stand for re-election in December, died suddenly on July 24. The cause of his death has not yet been disclosed.<br/> <br />Parliament's swearing -in of Mahama as Mills's replacement within hours of the late president's death, removed concerns cover political instability seen elsewhere in Africa following the death in office of a sitting president.
