{"id":1526,"date":"2017-10-05T14:10:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T14:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:10:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T14:10:36","slug":"elephant-attacks-tourism-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/elephant-attacks-tourism-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Attacks Tourism Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But for the timely intervention of some tour guide, Mrs Catherine Afeku and her entourage escaped an attack of an elephant<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of\u00a0 Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Catherine Afeku together with her entourage after\u00a0 visiting the Larabanga Mosque and the Mystic Stone in the West Gonja District proceeded to the Mole National Park,which is one of Ghana&#8217;s biggest natural parks. 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