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US-based Ghanaian professor Kofi Akamani shot dead in Illinois, suspect arrested

Modern Ghana about 2 hours 1 mins read

Ghanaian academic and Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor Kofi Akamani, 48, has died after being shot in Jackson County, Illinois, in the United States. Akamani was rushed to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale following the shooting but was pronounced dead from injuries sustained in the incident.

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