Recent heavy downpours in the Lower Volta area of Ghana led to the worst flooding in the region’s history ... release of water) from the Akosombo Dam, the country’s biggest hydroelectric ...

Constructed in the 1960s, the Akosombo Dam stands as a testament to ... and North Tongu Districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. It's estimated that around 40,000 individuals have been displaced ...

Last October, the dam spillage caused enormous havoc for communities living around the Volta and Eastern Regions ... spillage of excess water from the Akosombo dam. In a communique signed by ...

About 26,000 people have so far had their homes and livelihoods swept away by floodwater, gusting out of the spillways of the Akosombo and the Kpong dams in the Eastern region ... Dam, rock-fill dam ...

has lamented about the failure of the state to store the excess water that is being spilt from the Akosombo Dam which has led to floods in some parts of Ghana including the Volta Region.

In order to relieve pressure on Ghana’s Akosombo dam after heavy rains ... affecting more than 20,000 residents in the southeastern Volta Region. Ghana armed forces were called in earlier this week to ...

The Akosombo dam was built in the 1960s to provide ... Its construction flooded parts of the Volta River Basin in the eastern region of southern Ghana and around 80,000 people had to be relocated.

The government will build 2,225 new homes for victims of the Akosombo ... around the dam’s enclave, affecting towns including Mepe, Battor, Sogakope, Mafi, Adidome and Ada in the North and Central ...

The government has made available GH¢200 million for the resettlement of households in the Tongu areas of the Volta Region affected by the spillage of the Akosombo Dam. Totalling 2803 houses ...

The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has extended support to the victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage to alleviate ... to affected areas in Mepe in the Volta Region and Asuogyaman in the Eastern Region ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Recent heavy downpours in the Lower Volta area of Ghana ... region's history. The flooding was caused by a spillage (a deliberate release of water) from the Akosombo Dam ...

Recent heavy downpours in the Lower Volta area of Ghana led to the worst flooding in the region’s history. The flooding was caused by a spillage (a deliberate release of water) from the Akosombo Dam, ...