One year after the Akosombo Dam spillage disaster, several victims remain stranded and unable to return to normal lives. The delay in completing housing units for the displaced has left many ...

The policy brief, which used the Akosombo Dam spillage as a case study, highlighted the urgent need for a complete overhaul of Ghana’s approach to disaster preparedness and response. Titled ...

Akosombo Dam Capacity To put matters in perspective, the Akosombo Dam’s storage capacity is 150 billion cubic metres (m3). What’s currently being taken out is about 6,600 m3 – representing 0 ...

In the meantime, Simon ordered the federal government to spill more water over the dams so that young fish would have an easier time swimming past. Simon also ordered the government to disclose any ...

The Water Resources Commission has announced that water spillage from Burkina Faso’s Bagre Dam began on Monday, August 19, 2024. This spillage is anticipated to cause the White Volta River to ...

SONABEL, the Power Utility of Burkina Faso says it will begin the spillage of water from the Bagre Dam on Monday, August 19, 2024. A statement signed and copied the Ghana News Agency by Mr Jesse ...

Residents along the banks of the White Volta River have been admonished to take precautionary measures as the annual spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso is expected to commence today.

A recent case in point is the Akosombo Dam spillage in Ghana, and its ripple-effects on various agents in the economy, most notably the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the individuals and ...

Here's what we know. We still don’t know the full impacts of the BP oil spill, 10 years later We still don’t know the full impacts of the BP oil spill, 10 years later Ten years later ...

A high-hazard emergency spill is defined as a chemical spill that is immediately dangerous to life and health due to the chemical properties (i.e. toxicity, reactivity) and/or volume of spilled ...

Blood spills or other human body fluids that occur inside or in the outside environment need to be decontaminated to prevent the potential transmission of communicable disease. The circumstances ...

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 ...