Overview

• A Z-9 military helicopter crashed in the Adansi Akrofuom district of the Ashanti region on August 6 after disappearing from radar en route to Obuasi.
• All eight people on board, including Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah, Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed and three aircrew, were killed in the accident.
• The presidency declared a period of national mourning with flags flown at half-mast and President Mahama’s official activities suspended for the week.
• The Ghana Armed Forces has opened a formal probe, dispatching teams to secure wreckage and review maintenance logs to determine what went wrong.
• The deaths of senior security and environmental leaders have left critical gaps in Ghana’s fight against illegal mining and its broader security agenda.