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Ghana: Two government ministers, 6 others killed in helicopter crash
Two Ghanaian government ministers and six other people were killed in a helicopter crash in the Ashanti region on Wednesday, according to the Chief of Staff to Ghana’s President. Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed were killed alongside Muniru Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator; Samuel Aboagye, a former Parliamentary…
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