ACCRA, GHANA | Xinhua | The Ghanaian government has confirmed that eight people, including two senior ministers, were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday. Minister of Defense Edward Kofi Omane Boamah and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation Murtala Muhammed were killed in the crash, Julius Debrah, …
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KAMPALA | Xinhua | The Ugandan military said Wednesday that one of its helicopters crashed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, with five of the eight people on board feared dead. Felix Kulayigye, spokesperson for the Ugandan military, told Xinhua by telephone that three of those on board survived, while …
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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL | Xinhua | One person died, and three others were injured after the helicopter they were riding crashed into a lake in the city of Capitolio, located in the Brazilian southeastern state of Minas Gerais, local media reported. Citing a preliminary report from the local Fire Department, …
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Kobe Bryant’s widow has been awarded $16m (£13.6m) in damages over leaked graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed the US basketball star and his daughter in 2020 Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | A jury Wednesday ordered Los Angeles County to pay 31 million U.S. dollars in damages over …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has launched investigations into circumstances under which its helicopter crashed on Friday in southern Somalia injuring four Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) soldiers. In a statement released on Sunday evening, AMISOM said the helicopter whose registration details were …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
