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Ghana’s finance minister to also act as defence minister after fatal crash

By Thomson Reuters Aug 7, 2025 | 6:15 AM

ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has asked Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson to also act as defence minister after a military helicopter crash in which the defence minister was among those killed, the presidency said on Thursday.

(Reporting by Emmanuel Bruce; Writing by Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Alexander Winning)