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Ghanaian police and army explosives experts were sent to the scene to avoid the risk of a second explosion. [8] Police requested that local residents "move out of the area to nearby towns for their safety while recovery efforts are underway" and requested that nearby communities "open up their classrooms, churches etc to accommodate surviving victims".
[9] [10] [11] Students from Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School, Legon and University of Ghana who are close to the explosion sites quickly fled from their hostels in fear, creating a stampede which injured a lot of students [12] Residents around Madina and Haatso in Accra who were also close to the explosion zone were also being evacuated.
news from Ghana and Africa, politics, entertainment, world, health, business and sports Today Newspaper: North Ridge, Accra 2007 Ghana Sports Publications Limited w.todaygh.com: private Free Press: private The Gazette Newspaper: weekly newspaper The Ghanaian Chronicle [3] Accra 1996 [4] privately owned daily Ghanaian Times: state-owned daily
BBC Africa speaks exclusively to a man from Ghana who was held captive by insurgents in Burkina Faso. 'I thought I would die' - freed captive tells BBC of life in West African jihadist base Skip ...
Ghana is a country of origin, transit, and destination for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. [2] The nonconsensual exploitation of Ghanaian citizens, particularly children , is more common than the trafficking of foreign migrants . [ 2 ]
The phenomenon took place at 11:53 am local time (12 December 2022), occurred three times in the space of five hours. The first was experienced at 6:53 am, also in the western part of Accra, the second around 10am at same places and the third occurred 11:53am, 10 km from Gbawe. [11]
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.
Ghana's president John Dramani Mahama visited the site, and called for three days of mourning over the losses starting on 8 June 2015. He also authorized a GH₵ 60 million ($14.5 million) recovery fund.