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Explosion kills 13, flattens village in Ghana mining region

Debris from houses and other buildings that were destroyed when a vehicle carrying mining explosives detonated along a road in Apiate, Ghana. [Reuters]

At least 13 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana detonated, flattening a rural community, the police said on Friday.

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