Ghana explosion flattens township

At least 18 people are dead, dozens injured and a community entirely destroyed after a massive explosion in Ghana, where a truck carrying explosives for a mining operation collided with a motorcycle. Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman reports on recovery efforts, and an investigation in this gold-mining region of the country.

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