{
  "id": 648489,
  "title": "Ken Ofori-Atta goes to court on August 27",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ken-ofori-atta-goes-to-court-on-august-27",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:43:09.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/ken-ofori-atta-goes-to-court-on-august-27/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The criminal trial of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to resume on Thursday, 27 August 2026, following a Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutional validity of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959). Mr Ofori-Atta is standing trial on 28 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences arising from the Office […]",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/three-additional-judges-take-oath-at-sindh-high-court",
        "published": "2026-08-12T08:50:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Hanan Abdul-Wahab, wife’s case adjourned to August 17 after lawyers failed to appear in court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/hanan-abdul-wahab-wifes-case-adjourned-to-august-17-after-lawyers",
        "published": "2026-08-12T12:00:49.000Z"
      }
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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."
}