Tributes pour in for Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings. He led two military coups before becoming the country’s democratically elected president. Also, Amnesty International confirms what it calls the massacre of likely hundreds of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The report came as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced major advances in western Tigray. And from 50,000 people a day to just 500, activity at what was once one of Africa’s busiest borders has been reduced to a trickle as Covid-19 restrictions hit a vital trade artery between DR Congo and Goma.
Ghana’s former leader Jerry Rawlings dies aged 73
