According to Vanguard which cited New Mail and Reuters, Kufuor died in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday morning, November 15, following a spinal surgery.

A team of doctors were said to have conducted a second surgical operation on Mr Kufuor’s spine; but unfortunately, he passed away just after 45 minutes of the Surgery, the report said.

Born John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor on December 8, 1938, he was a retired Ghanaian politician and statesman who served as President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009.