On the outskirts of Accra, alongside the Odaw River and the Korle Lagoon, lies the slum of Old Fadama. Pejoratively referred to by many Ghanaians as a modern day "Sodom and Gomorrah", Old Fadama ...

A new report released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that approximately 29.5% of Ghana’s population, ...

On the one hand Ghanaian city authorities are focused on addressing problems of poverty, education and health rather than managing green spaces in slums. On the other hand, many slum residents do ...

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 ...

Bashiru Adeyinka who is Ghanaian-Nigerian and a resident of Ghana’s biggest slum Old Fadama added, “they say the viruses are in the air.

Ghana’s Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has assured world leaders that the country is committed to upgrading existing slums, while preventing the emergence of new ones in ...

As Ghana’s economy struggles and the population of Accra grows rapidly, Hawa is one of a growing number of children forced to live in slums and on Ghana’s streets. The slums are on the frontline of ...

A new report published by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that nearly one in every three households in Ghana lives in a slum or informal settlement.