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  "id": 15753943,
  "title": "GES directs Ashanti Regional, Obuasi Municipal Education Directors to step aside over Obuasi SHTS scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ges-directs-ashanti-regional-obuasi-municipal-education-directors-to-15753943",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T14:23:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/ges-directs-ashanti-regional-obuasi-municipal-education-directors-to-step-aside-over-obuasi-shts-scandal/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Dr. William Amankrah Appiah, and the Obuasi Municipal Director of Education, Mr. Kwamena Owusu-Nketiah, to step aside with immediate effect. The directive forms part of ongoing investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct involving the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High … The post…",
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ges-boss-to-face-parliamentary-committee-over-obuasi-shts-headmasters",
        "published": "2026-10-20T06:53:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "No witness saw Obuasi SHTS headmaster bury a foetus on school compound – Investigative report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/no-witness-saw-obuasi-shts-headmaster-bury-a-foetus-on-school",
        "published": "2026-10-20T08:55:37.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Starr FM",
        "title": "Obuasi SHTS: GES directs Ashanti, Obuasi East education directors to step aside over sexual abuse investigation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/obuasi-shts-ges-directs-ashanti-obuasi-east-education-directors-to",
        "published": "2026-10-20T14:24:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}