{"id":285382,"date":"2017-01-16T17:25:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=285382"},"modified":"2017-01-16T17:25:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:25:51","slug":"nana-addo-kufuor-kofi-annan-pay-respects-to-asantehemaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/nana-addo-kufuor-kofi-annan-pay-respects-to-asantehemaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo, Kufuor, Kofi Annan pay respects to Asantehemaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo today [Monday], joined the long list of dignitaries that travelled to Manhyia palace in the Ashanti Region, to pay respects to the late queen mother of the Asante Kingdom, Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/b40dc5e2-03cc-48be-acf3-6b1121f5df46.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-285390\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/b40dc5e2-03cc-48be-acf3-6b1121f5df46.jpg\" alt=\"b40dc5e2-03cc-48be-acf3-6b1121f5df46\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/30997ac4-3bed-4a23-823f-3a176a307305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-285392\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/30997ac4-3bed-4a23-823f-3a176a307305.jpg\" alt=\"30997ac4-3bed-4a23-823f-3a176a307305\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II is\u00a0lying in state at the Manhyia Palace, where mourners will be filing past\u00a0her body until Thursday, when she would finally be buried.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cf48ce47-4755-46d5-b9c3-9d475435947b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-285393\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cf48ce47-4755-46d5-b9c3-9d475435947b.jpg\" alt=\"cf48ce47-4755-46d5-b9c3-9d475435947b\" width=\"800\" height=\"564\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/a5f0132c-3606-4e89-b63a-9eb41206adaf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-285384\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/a5f0132c-3606-4e89-b63a-9eb41206adaf.jpg\" alt=\"a5f0132c-3606-4e89-b63a-9eb41206adaf\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joining the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, son of the Asantehemaa to mourn, have been former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan; former President of Ghana, John Kufuor, and the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin among others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/9624bfa5-a50a-4312-99e1-ce6da8b0c400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-285385\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/9624bfa5-a50a-4312-99e1-ce6da8b0c400.jpg\" alt=\"9624bfa5-a50a-4312-99e1-ce6da8b0c400\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/8de44172-a29b-44ca-8b6a-822f712013b1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-285401\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/8de44172-a29b-44ca-8b6a-822f712013b1.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Benjamin\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, who died at the age of 111 in November 2016, will be buried in Breman on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/dd5c8aac-b141-4bf7-8985-d372b87833c0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-285383\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/dd5c8aac-b141-4bf7-8985-d372b87833c0.jpg\" alt=\"dd5c8aac-b141-4bf7-8985-d372b87833c0\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_285300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-285300\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/burial-rites-of-asantehemaa-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285300\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/burial-rites-of-asantehemaa-11.jpg\" alt=\"Final burial rites of Asantehemaa\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-285300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Final burial rites of Asantehemaa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of the arrangements for the burial of the Queen-mother, no one is to be seen on the streets from Bantama to Breman from 6:00 pm of Thursday, January 19, to 3:00am of Friday 20th January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Photos: Lauretta Timah<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo today [Monday], joined the long list of dignitaries that travelled to Manhyia palace in the Ashanti Region, to pay respects to the late queen mother of the Asante Kingdom, Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. 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