Ghana’s President, John Mahama, has described as “shocking”, the death of Ghanaian intellectual, Professor Kofi Awoonor-Williams, in Saturday morning’s terrorist attack in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, which claimed at least 39 lives and injured 150 people.

President Mahama wrote on his facebook wall that: “I am shocked to hear the death of Professor Kofi Awoonor-Williams in the Nairobi Mall terrorist attack. He will be sorely missed by family, friends and the NDC”.

The son of the former Chairman of the Council of State, who was with him in Kenya, was among the injured that survived the attack.

President Mahama’s Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, has vowed to “hunt down” the perpetrators.

Al qaeda-linked Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack.