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 ...

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 ...

Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health facilities and clean drinking water. These ...

Ghana’s recently designed urban policy recognises the value of self-organisation and social capital in slum communities. For example, they encourage residents to organise themselves into ...

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Sodom and Gomorrah has 100,000 residents and no schools. The infamous slum in the south of Ghana's capital of Accra is actually Old Fadama, but everyone outside calls it Sodom and Gomorrah.

A slum in Nishinari-Ku one of 24 wards in Osaka, with a density of 30,000 people in every 2000 meter radius. Source: Androniki Christodoulou Ashaiman, Ghana. A slum outside the city of Tema with ...

“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 ...

The Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, says Ghana is planning to upgrade existing slums, and prevent the emergence of new ones, to ensure that people live in habitable conditions.

Accra - Protesters from one of Ghana's biggest slums clashed with police in the capital Accra on Monday, after city authorities demolished shanties as part of measures to combat heavy flooding. Riot ...

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 ...