JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA SWORN IN AS GHANA'S NEW PRESIDENT

Ghana's former Vice president John Dramini Mahama was sworn in last night after the sudden death of President John Atta Mills. The new President is 53 years old and was born to a privileged family in Bole Bamboi in Northern Ghana. He has degrees in History and Communications. He will chart the country's course as an oil producing nation for the next few months till elections are held