{
  "id": 15175833,
  "title": "Minority’s evacuation claims are “pure mischief” or lack of understanding – Ablakwa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/minoritys-evacuation-claims-are-pure-mischief-or-lack-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T10:17:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/minoritys-evacuation-claims-are-pure-mischief-or-lack-of-understanding-ablakwa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has dismissed the Minority's claims regarding the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa as either \"pure mischief\" or a result of their failure to comprehend the released documents. Ablakwa presented airline receipts, boarding passes, and a flight manifest as evidence to support the government's figures. He stated that the Minority, who questioned the GH¢49.7 million spent on the evacuation, had not provided any documentary evidence to support their differing count of evacuees. During a press conference, Ablakwa emphasized that the Ministry held evidence in the form of receipts, boarding passes, and a flight manifest listing all 1,964 evacuees. He highlighted that the Minority's concerns about the sign-off sheets, including the presence of toddlers, were unfounded, as the allowances and grants were paid for children with the parents' signatures. Ablakwa dismissed the Minority's claims as either a misunderstanding of the provided documents or a deliberate attempt at political mischief.",
  "summary": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused the Minority in Parliament of either misreading or misrepresenting the documents his ministry released on the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa, insisting that airline receipts, boarding passes and a flight manifest are all available to back the government’s figures. The Minority has questioned the […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Ablakwa challenges Minority to name evacuee denied GH¢5,500 allowance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/ablakwa-challenges-minority-to-name-evacuee-denied-gh-5-500-allowance",
        "published": "2026-10-17T00:29:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Ablakwa dares Minority to produce one evacuee who did not receive GH¢5,500 allowance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/ablakwa-dares-minority-to-produce-one-evacuee-who-did-not-receive-gh",
        "published": "2026-10-17T08:21:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}