The minister (middle) with other dignitaries during the launch of the GSCS document The Ministry of Local Government, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every breath Hawa takes is filled with toxins. Agbogbloshie is one of the biggest slums and e-waste dumps in Ghana. The large site, on the Korle Lagoon near the centre of Accra, provides the Ghana’s ...

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 ...

The President of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GIS), Mr James E.K.Dadson, has warned that if steps were not taken to remove slums from prime areas Ghana cannot achieve the desired level of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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Every breath Hawa takes is filled with toxins. Agbogbloshie is one of the biggest slums and e-waste dumps in Ghana. The large site, on the Korle Lagoon near the centre of Accra, provides the Ghana ...