John Atta Mills; Dead at 68

John Atta Mills, the President of Ghana, died Tuesday at the age of sixty-eight.

President Mills died suddenly of a short illness, according to the President's office.

Vice President John Dramani Mahama took the oath of office Tuesday evening, in Ghana.

Mills, a former economics professor, was only in his first term in office, starting in 2009, after serving as Vice President from 1997-2001.

He brought the country into the ranks of the world's top oil producers.