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A helicopter crash in Ghana on Wednesday, Aug. 6, killed eight, including top government officials

The Ghana Armed Forces first announced that the Z9 helicopter had dropped off radar, before later confirming that all aboard were dead

The group, which included the country's minister of defense and minister of environment, science and technology, was traveling to the Ashanti region to investigate illegal mining

Top Ghanaian government officials and service personnel were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, Aug. 6.

Julius Debrah, the government’s chief of staff, announced the news in a televised press conference, hours after a social media post from Ghana's armed forces said that a Z9 helicopter traveling from the capital city of Accra to the Ashanti region had gone

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