{
  "id": 19166470,
  "title": "Foreign Affairs Ministry interdicts two officers over illegal service passport scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/foreign-affairs-ministry-interdicts-two-officers-over-illegal-service",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T14:36:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/foreign-affairs-ministry-interdicts-two-officers-over-illegal-service-passport-scheme/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has interdicted two officers over an alleged illegal scheme involving the issuance of Ghanaian Service Passports to unqualified individuals in exchange for money. The officers are the Acting Director of Passports, Mahama Yahaya Amantana, and a junior Foreign Service Officer, Alhassan Sumani, who has been identified in petitions received by … The post Foreign…",
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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."
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