Two Ghana government ministers among 8 killed in helicopter crash

Two members of Ghana’s government – Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed – and six other people were killed in a helicopter crash in the southern Ashanti region on Wednesday, according to the Chief of Staff to the Ghanian President, Report informs via CNN.

Ghana’s Armed Forces said earlier on Wednesday that it had lost contact with a Z9 helicopter that was en route from the capital of Accra to Obuasi, a mining town in southern Ghana. It said five passengers and three crew were on board the flight.

Julius Debrah, the chief of staff, said in a video statement that flags will fly half mast until further notice.