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A four-year-old boy drowned in a dam in Yizesi in the Mamprugu Moaduri District of the North East Region. The dam is believed to be part of the government’s ‘one village one dam’ initiative. The incident happened on Friday, June 10, 2022, at about 1 PM when the boy and …

Three (3) brothers have drowned at the Odo river at Barekese in the Atwima Nwabiagya Atwima Nwabiagya South District in the Ashanti Region, MyNewsGh.com reports. An eyewitness Paul Knitoh who confirmed the unfortunate incident revealed that the bodies of two have been recovered while efforts are underway to find the …

A family of four died on Monday after the car they were travelling in lost control and plunged into a dam on the R30 in Allanridge, the Free State. Free State police have opened a culpable homicide case. The victims, Lutsha Mbato, 33, Thabisa Sikhumba-Mabatu, 34, and their two daughters …

When the Afife Rice Farming Project among other similar projects begun in Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah, he envisioned a long-term plan. With this, he went scouting almost immediately for support to build a dam that would ensure that this project, plus the other ones around the same locality, would not easily …

The Weija Traditional Council is demanding compensation from government over the siting of the Weija Dam on its land. The Traditional Council says 44 years after their forefathers gave the government over 50,000 acres of land for the construction of the dam, they are yet to receive any compensation. At …

A controversial Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile river began generating electricity for the first time on Sunday, according to state TV. The $4.2bn (£3.8bn) dam, located in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, has been a source of contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan since its construction started in 2011. Sudan …

Later this year, Egyptian engineering firm Arab Contractors is expected to complete the construction of the Julius Nyerere dam on the Rufiji River. Once completed, the $3 billion dam could be Africa’s fourth-biggest by power production, producing up to 5920GWH of power annually, enabling Tanzania to close the gap between …

Rehabilitation works on an irrigation dam at Dua, a community in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, to allow for all-year-round farming, have now been completed and handed over together with a three-hectare fenced garden, to the people at a ceremony. The works done included raising the dam …

  More than 40 houses and structures at Green Belt site, close to the Weija Dam, have been demolished by the Ga South Municipal Authority (GSMA). The demolition followed several warnings by the Municipal Authority against such illegal structures to protect the Dam. Mr Felix Ofosu Teye, the GSMA Engineer, …

11-year-old Primary 5 pupil has died after drowning in a dam at Bugubelle in the Sissala East Constituency. The victim, Rafatu Bayi met her untimely death after she went to the dam to wash her clothes together with her friends on Sunday, March 21, 2021. This news was confirmed to …