Presenter of BBC World News and its "Focus on Africa" programme suddenly dies of heart attack in London. Komla Dumor, one of Ghana's best-known journalists, has died suddenly in London where he was working for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Dumor, who was 41, died of a heart attack, according to the BBC on Saturday. He was a presenter on BBC World News and its "Focus on Africa" programme. The Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, mourned Dumor's death, posting on Twitter, "Our nation has lost one of its finest ambassadors". Dumor joined BBC World Service radio in 2007, four years after winning the Ghana Journalist of the Year, for the first time.
In a statement posted on the BBC website, the television broadcaster's Global News Director Peter Horrocks said Dumor was "a leading light of African journalism". "Africa's energy and enthusiasm seemed to shine through every story Komla told.
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