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The Accra Sport Stadium disaster occurred at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, on 9 May 2001. It killed 126 people, making it the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa. [1] [2] It is also the third-deadliest disaster in the history of association football behind the Estadio Nacional and Kanjuruhan Stadium disasters. [3]
She was living for months at a time in Accra, Ghana, reconnecting with family members and disconnecting from news on police violence, racism and divisive politics in the U.S. Still, she talked to ...
Most part of Accra flooded during rainy season, causing environmental crisis in Ghana On Sunday June 5, 2022, some parts of Accra was flooded during a downpour. [ 1 ] The rain, which lasted for about four hours, left its mark on areas like Kaneshie , the worst hit after the downpour.
The 13th African Games, also known as Accra 2023, were hosted by Ghana from 8–23 March 2024. [1] Despite having Accra as the main host city, the games were held in two sub-host cities: [ 2 ] Kumasi and Cape Coast .
The Accra-based African Fashion Foundation supports the African fashion industry, especially the fashion industry in Ghana. Accra has an Atlantic beachfront and the most popular of the city's beaches is Labadi Beach, along with Kokrobite Beach, which is located 25
Korle Lagoon, in Ghana's capital city Accra. In the 1960s, the slum area of Agbogbloshie was a wetland. As the city of Accra urbanized, a ghetto grew, referred to as Old Fadama or Ayaalolo. [8] [2] During the 1980s, the ghetto was a place of shelter for refugees from the Konkomba-Nanumba war. [2]
The number of women elected to parliament was 40, the same as in the previous election (2020), which means that the percentage of women members of parliament in Ghana remains at 15%, a level lower than the average in the sub-region West Africa (18%), the continental African average (27%) and the global world average (also 27%). [9]
He interviewed some Ghanaian and West African prisoners about the maltreatment and deaths of foreign prisoners in jail, exposing the abuse of expatriates in Thai prisons. As a result of Anas' work, the government of Ghana successfully negotiated with the Thai government for the transfer of all convicted Ghanaian prisoners in Thailand to Ghana.