MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).

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 Malian army withdraws from key Tessalit military camp: sources Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered Camp Tessalit, a strategic military post in the north, multiple sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. An official from the Tuareg-led separatist group claimed soldiers and mercenaries at the camp had "surrendered", following a fierce fight over the weekend. Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to Al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters ​from different groups with different goals were able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, as gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Defence minister Sadio Camara was killed at his residence in Kati, a garrison town near the capital, Bamako, following the fierce weekend fighting...

GHANA'S DEFENSE MINISTER OMANE BOAMAH, MURTALA MOHAMMED, MUNIRU MOHAMMED, SAMUEL SARPONG & OTHERS DIE IN MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASH. (PHOTO).


 Ghana's Defense Minister Omane Boamah, Murtala Mohammed, Muniru Mohammed, Samuel Sarpong & Others Die in Military Helicopter Crash


A military helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of several high-profile government officials. 


Defence Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed are among those confirmed dead.


Others who perished in the crash include Muniru Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator; Samuel Aboagye, a former parliamentary candidate; and Samuel Sarpong, Vice Chairman of the NDC. The crew — Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah — also lost their lives.


The helicopter, operated by the Ghana Armed Forces, was headed to Obuasi when it went off radar on Wednesday morning. 


G,raphic footage from the crash site has circulated, though a full list of victims has not been formally released.

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