Turkey top envoy goes to Niger in bid to secure uranium supplies
The trip comes after Niger’s military government withdrew mining rights from Canadian and French companies to develop uranium deposits.
Newswires are reporting Ghana’s President John Atta Mills has died in hospital in the capital of the West African nation, Accra.
A statement from his office said the 68-year-old – who had suffered from throat cancer – died a few hours after being taken ill, but did not give details.
John Dramani Mahama, his vice-president, has been sworn in as his replacement in a ceremony in the capital.
Atta Mills first became president in 2009.
Ghana is Africa’s second largest producer of gold after South Africa.
