{"id":30386,"date":"2026-03-31T07:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30386"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:25:02","slug":"building-collapse-in-ghana-leaves-three-dead-dozens-injured","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/building-collapse-in-ghana-leaves-three-dead-dozens-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Building collapse in Ghana leaves three dead, dozens injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue teams in Ghana\u2019s Accra are combing through debris after an unfinished building being used as a church collapsed. According to Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, 23 people were inside at the time. Three have died, while the remaining 20 are receiving treatment in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A witness working at a hair salon opposite the site said the congregation was in the middle of a service when the structure gave way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Building collapses are a recurring problem in Ghana, often linked to rapid urban development, weak enforcement of construction standards, and the use of unfinished or unsafe structures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30387,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-30386","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Rescue teams in Ghana\u2019s Accra are combing through debris after an unfinished building being used as a church collapsed","published_date":"2026-03-31 07:22:58","news_description":"Rescue teams in Ghana\u2019s Accra are combing through debris after an unfinished building being used as a church collapsed","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30388,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30386\/revisions\/30388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}