© Reuters/Joshua RobertsGhana's President John Evans Atta Mills speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington March 8, 2012.
The death of the president of the world's No. 2 cocoa grower comes months before Mills was due to stand for re-election at the helm of the West African country that posted double-digit growth in 2011 and has been praised for its strong democracy in a turbulent region.
"It is with a heavy heart...that we announce the sudden and untimely death of the president of the Republic of Ghana," a statement sent to Reuters by the president's office said.
It said that Mills, 68, died a few hours after being taken ill but no further details were given.
A presidential aide, who asked not to be named, said the president had complained of pains on Monday evening and died early on Tuesday afternoon when his condition worsened.
Mills, who oversaw the start of oil production in Ghana, returned from medical checks in the United States several weeks ago.
He was just here in the US of A in March2012,for a State Dinner hosted by Obama and Clinton( Hillary),and now he is dead from an unknown cause.Obviously there was something on the menu that did not agree with him. It is a sad day for the people of the soverign nation of Ghana,the Pentagon is salivating at the prospects of running the country under the auspices of humanitarian aide to the people of Ghana.The deceased President of Ghana obviously did not go along with the suggestions that were presented to him during the State visit in March of this year.The Psycopathic and murderous henchmen and henchwomen who occupy the seats of power in Washington and elsewhere are pushing their agenda into hyperdrive.Especially on the continent known as Africa.May the Supreme Consciousness extend to them their just rewards