A Ghanaian evacuee from South Africa tragically passed away shortly after arriving at Accra International Airport on Friday evening, August 14, 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.
The evacuee was part of a group of 50 Ghanaians who landed at 5:50 pm aboard an Air Tanzania flight. According to accounts from passengers, his condition began deteriorating about 30 minutes before touchdown.
A medical emergency team on standby rushed to attend to him upon arrival, but despite urgent intervention, he was pronounced dead at 6:55 pm.
The Ministry says it is in the process of formally notifying the family of the deceased.
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May the soul of the deceased Rest Peacefully in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Secondly, had Ghanaians, and indeed the African Union stuck to the principles on which Kwame Nkrumah initiated the formation of Africa union been held in the truest of esteems, the South African would not have turned their back on a Ghanaian of all peoples of the world. During the apartheid days Ghana welcomed our brothers and sisters from Southern African countries into Ghana with open arms, Thebo Mbeki,...