{
  "id": 8431599,
  "title": "South Africa evacuation: Foreign Affairs Ministry answers Minority’s RTI request with 200-page report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/south-africa-evacuation-foreign-affairs-ministry-answers-minoritys",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T09:07:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/south-africa-evacuation-foreign-affairs-ministry-answers-minoritys-rti-request-with-200-page-report/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ghana has provided a 200-page response to the Minority's Right to Information (RTI) request regarding the South Africa evacuation. The report reveals that air travel alone consumed nearly three-quarters of the GH¢49.72 million budget allocated to the operation. Over 1,900 evacuees, including their contact details and signatures, are documented in the report. The evacuation, which took place from May 27 to September 4, saw the government foot GH¢33,721,786 of the total cost, while other entities contributed GH¢15,999,006.",
  "summary": "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the Minority’s Right to Information (RTI) request on the South Africa evacuation with a report of more than 200 pages. The figures reported from it show that air travel alone took nearly three-quarters of the GH¢49.72 million spent on the exercise. According to sources close to the […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/grim-discoveries-of-murdered-women-spark-fear-in-south-africa",
        "published": "2026-09-18T23:04:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "South Africa evacuation: Chartered flights alone cost GH¢27.18m as gov't breaks down expenditure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/south-africa-evacuation-chartered-flights-alone-cost-gh-27-18m-as",
        "published": "2026-09-19T07:17:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}