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Ghana mall collapse: Death toll rises to 18 as city council official detained

A city council official in the Ghana capital Accra has been detained over a building collapse that has killed at least 18 people.

This photo taken on Thursday shows rescue workers in the Ghana capital Accra searching for survivors in the rubble of a four-storey shopping mall that collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people.

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