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  "title": "Court dismisses Afenyo-Markin’s GH¢15m defamation suit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/court-dismisses-afenyo-markins-gh-15m-defamation-suit",
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  "published": "2026-10-15T06:02:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/court-dismisses-afenyo-markins-gh%c2%a215m-defamation-suit/"
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  "summary": "THE High Court in Accra has dismissed a GH¢15 million defamation suit filed by the Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi. The court held yesterday that the writ was incurably defective and incompetent, adding that the plaintiff had failed to properly … The post Court dismisses…",
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