Pejoratively referred to by many Ghanaians as a modern day "Sodom and Gomorrah", Old Fadama is said to be home to around 80,000 people, making it Ghana's biggest slum. Life here can be precarious ...

Nearly 5.35 million Ghanaians, 37.9 per cent of Ghana’s total urban population, live in slums, according to United Nations statistics. The figures, current as of 2014, may well be an underestimation ...

In Africa alone, over 60% of people living in urban areas live in slums, and it is estimated that by 2030, more Africans will be living in the cities than rural areas. In Ghana, adequate housing ...

Ghana has demonstrated strong leadership and strategic progress in localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as ...

SANTA CRUZ — Black smoke from burning e-waste and the acrid smell of sewage filled the air as Carson Watts walked through the slums of Old Fadama in the capital city of Ghana. Home to nearly ...

Dagomba Line in Kumasi is one of Ghana’s oldest slums. The over 50-acre land is awash with 12 x 12 wooden homes, which for some time now, have suffered intermittent conflagrations. Residents of ...

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“Ghana has taken the bold step in the development of a draft Slum Upgrading and Prevention Strategy, following the country’s active participation in the implementation of Phases 1 and 2 of the ...

Bola Mosuro travelled to Ghana to meet women and girls being taught to code by a non-profit group, the Achievers club, which aims to bring an education to girls living in slums. Image caption ...

Ghana are out of the 2014 World Cup following ... Some of their most devoted fans are to be found in the slums. Nicolas Haque reports from the Agbobloshie toxic waste yard in Accra.

Ghana has demonstrated strong leadership and strategic progress in localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as shared during a high-level side event on Multi-Level Governance for SDG ...