Ghana has successfully raised more than $3billion in the international debt market, which was two times oversubscribed.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the time has come for Africa and Europe to establish a sustainable, strategic partnership based on trade and investment co-operation and the exchange of value-added transactions.

Mr Nel was among dozens of people who were trying to flee the attack. His body was recovered by fleeing survivors - including his father and younger brother.

Families waited at a Mozambican port on Sunday as boats arrived carrying people who had fled the ongoing violence from a strategic town in the country's north.

“As most of you know, Ghana is a haven of peace, security and stability, indeed, the safest country in West Africa, where legitimate investments are protected. We have witnessed, through the ballot box, three peaceful transfers of power from one political party to another in the 28 year period of the 4th Republic.”

Affectionately called Granny Sarah by the former president, Mrs Obama defended her grandson during his 2008 presidential campaign, when he was said to be Muslim and not born in the US.