MAY 9: 25 Years On – Have we really learned or are we just remembering? – Salifu Haruna

Accra Sports Stadium. May 9, 2001. 5:30pm. Hearts of Oak had just beaten Asante Kotoko 2-1. A disputed goal. Plastic chairs thrown. Tear gas fired. Then the stampede. 127 Ghanaians never made it home. 25 years later, we still call it “The May 9th Disaster.” We hold memorials. We wear black armbands. We tweet “Never […] The post MAY 9: 25 Years On – Have we really learned or are we just remembering? – Salifu Haruna appeared first on Metro TV Online .

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