Ghana defence and environment ministers killed in helicopter crash
Africa • Aug 6, 2025, 9:27 PM
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Flags in Ghana are set to fly at half-mast as the country mourns the deaths of the defence and environment ministers, who were both killed in a military helicopter crash. Edward Omane Boamah and Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were among five passengers aboard the chopper when it crashed en route from Accra to the town of Obuasi.
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France hands back human remains to Madagascar 127 years after colonial massacre
Africa • 8:38 PM
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France has formally returned 3 colonial-era skulls to Madagscar -- one of which is believed to belong to a Malagasy king who was beheaded by French troops during a massacre in 1897.His skull then taken back to Paris as a trophy, and placed in the archive
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Armed men kill four in attack in Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso border
Africa • 3:24 PM
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Armed men killed four villagers and left another missing in northeastern Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso, the army said Tuesday. The attack comes amid fears of a spillover of the Sahel region’s jihadist insurgencies towards coastal West Africa, with Benin
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