{
  "id": 12682558,
  "title": "Afenyo-Markin accuses government of diverting attention from Ghana’s drug trafficking concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/afenyo-markin-accuses-government-of-diverting-attention-from-ghanas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T17:49:54.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/afenyo-markin-accuses-government-of-diverting-attention-from-ghanas-drug-trafficking-concerns/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Minority Leader in Parliament Alexander Afenyo-Markin has accused the government of using political controversies and high-profile arrests to shift public attention away from concerns over drug trafficking and cocaine shipments linked to Ghana. He said the government should instead concentrate on identifying those behind major narcotics consignments and addressing security weaknesses that may…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Afenyo-Markin accuses government of diverting attention from cocaine seizures linked to Ghana",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/afenyo-markin-accuses-government-of-diverting-attention-from-cocaine",
        "published": "2026-10-07T16:07:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Cocaine seizures are hurting Ghana’s cocoa, cashew and timber exports – Afenyo-Markin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/cocaine-seizures-are-hurting-ghanas-cocoa-cashew-and-timber-exports",
        "published": "2026-10-07T17:42:43.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}