Two Ghanaian ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash.

Ghanaian Defense Minister Edward Oman Boama and Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed were killed in a military helicopter crash. This was reported on August 6 by the GhanaWeb portal with reference to the head of the Presidential Administration of Ghana, Julius Debra.

"Minister of Defense, Dr. Edward Oman Boama is dead. The death of the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has also been confirmed," the article says.

GhanaWeb added that an Air Force helicopter with three crew members and five high-ranking passengers on board had disappeared from radar earlier in the day. It crashed in the Adansi Akrofuom area of the Ashanti region.

It is specified that ministers and government officials were sent to Obuasi to participate in a program to combat illegal mining. The causes of the disaster remain unclear, the portal noted.

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