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Several farms along the White Volta in the Bawku West District in the Upper East Region have been hit by flooding, resulting from the spillage of excess water from the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso. “Farms planted with crops like millet and sorghum are underwater now, “ the Director-General of …

As Ethiopia celebrated rains which began filling a controversial dam on a tributary of the River Nile, Egypt was fuming. The North African nation had long been opposed to any development on the Nile upstream that could reduce the amount of water it receives from the river and has regarded …

The President H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod in November 2019 for the construction of the Multipurpose Dam.   The dam will benefit Ghanaians in many aspects such as electricity, fisheries, irrigation and control of flood.   The primary components of the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam Project consist …

The President of Ghana His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod in November 2019 for the construction of the multipurpose dam.   The dam seeks to benefit Ghanaians in many aspects such as electricity, fisheries, irrigation and control of flood.   Although this project fulfills Government’s policy of …

Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in the central part of the US state of Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways and the governor said one downtown could be “under approximately 9 feet [2.7 metres] of water” by Wednesday. For the …

Residents of Jasikan, Kpeve, Have, Hohoe, Nkonya and other adjoining communities in the Oti and Volta regions have described the bad nature of their roads, particularly the Eastern Corridor Road as ‘One Road One Dam.’ Hohoe to Jasikan stretch According to drivers and motorists who ply the road daily, the …