Ghana mourns its tallest man - a 'generous and popular giant'

Ghana is mourning Sulemana Abdul Samed, recognized as the nation's tallest man, who has died at thirty-three. According to BBC World, he had been diagnosed with gigantism, a condition caused by excess growth hormone, several years before his death.

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