{
  "id": 17026574,
  "title": "Debt alone not enough to revoke Northern Ashanti Mines’ lease – Dr Manteaw",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/debt-alone-not-enough-to-revoke-northern-ashanti-mines-lease-dr",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T06:56:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/debt-alone-not-enough-to-revoke-northern-ashanti-mines-lease-dr-manteaw/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, says outstanding statutory debt alone should not be sufficient grounds for revoking the mining lease of Northern Ashanti Mines, urging the government to negotiate payment arrangements with the company. He argues that keeping a mining business operational should be in the interest […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Debt alone not enough to revoke Northern Ashanti Mines’ lease – Dr Manteaw",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/debt-alone-not-enough-to-revoke-northern-ashanti-mines-lease-dr",
        "published": "2026-10-28T21:38:44.000Z"
      }
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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."
}