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Seven Ghanaian fishermen found in Beninese waters

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Seven Ghanaian fishermen who went missing after leaving Sekondi Fishing Harbour were found in Beninese territorial waters. Local fishermen rescued them at about 10pm on Wednesday 21 October, after three days of searching, according to the Western Regional Marine Police Command in Ghana, cited by The Ghana Report.

Seven Ghanaian fishermen who went missing after leaving Sekondi Fishing Harbour have been found in Beninese territorial waters, the Western Regional Marine Police Command in Ghana announced, according to The Ghana Report. They had set out on a fishing trip off Axim in the west of the country.

Local fishermen found them at about 10pm on Wednesday 21 October, after they had been missing for three days, and their rescue was then reported to the Ghanaian authorities, according to The Ghana Report.

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