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Malek Fouda

Ghana helicopter crash kills defence and environment ministers

A military helicopter crashed in Ghana late on Wednesday, killing eight people on board including the country’s Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah, Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed and two other top officials.

The crash was one of the worst Ghanaian air disasters in more than a decade. The country’s military said the helicopter took off from the capital, Accra, and was heading northwest towards the gold-mining area of Obuasi.

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