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120 students displaced, 4-bedroom house razed down in 2 separate fire outbreaks

At least 120 students of the Anhwiaso Nursing Training College in the Western Region have been displaced with property worth hundreds of Ghana cedi destroyed when fire gutted the college, Monday evening. Three out of the eight rooms used as facilities to keep chop boxes and personal effects of the …

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Chereponi violence: 600 people displaced as police arrest 10 suspects

Some 10 suspects have been arrested by the police at Chereponi in the North-East Region over their involvement in a communal clash at Wenchike, a community in the area. According to myjoyonline.com, the clash, which happened last week, occurred as a result of a chieftaincy disagreement between two Chokosi factions …

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75 students displaced, 8 injured as fire ravages dormitory at KOTECH

At least eight (8) students have sustained minor injuries whilst learning materials, laptops, tools and other personal effects of 75 displaced students have been burnt to ashes in a ravaging fire outbreak at Koforidua Technical Institute (KOTECH) in the Eastern region. The fire started at about 11:30 pm Monday, November …

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WATCH: Akufo Addo’s hometown flooded; hundreds displaced

Residents in the Akyem Abuakwa area in the Eastern Region have been displaced by flood after heavy downpours on Wednesday, September 28. Due to the long hours of rainfall, residents were left stranded as many households were displaced in various communities, including Kyebi, the hometown of Akufo-Addo, Kessbenonline.com reports. The …

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PHOTOS: Pupils of Borae No2 displaced after heavy rainstorm

Pupils of Borae No. 2 in the Krachi Nchumuru district in the Oti region have been displaced after a heavy downpour. The rainstorm, which hit the community and its environs, ripped off the roofs of Borae Foundation Primary and Junior High School and Borae D/A Primary “A” School. A visit …

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Scores of students displaced as fire ravages Kwahu Ridge SHS

Hundreds of female students of the Kwahu Ridge Senior High School at Obo in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region have been displaced after fire gutted the girls dormitory. The fire occurred Wednesday June 29, 2022 around 11:20am. The fire destroyed mattresses ,beds , trunks ,uniforms of students …

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Three siblings die in Cape Town fire that displaced 11 people

Three children died in a fire in Wallacedene, Cape Town on Thursday morning. The City’s Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said crews were alerted shortly before 06:30 to informal structures on fire in Pietersen Road. He said: Crews from Kraaifontein and Brackenfell were dispatched, and it was just …

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Tidal waves hit Ketu, Ada; scores displaced, stranded

Tidal waves have hit parts of the Volta and Greater Accra regions just as happened last year. Pictures and videos of homes inundated with seawater in places like Agavedzi in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region as well as Aklabanya in the Ada West District of the Greater …

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Two children injured, five persons displaced as roof of four bedroom house is ripped off

A four-bedroom house has been destroyed following a light rainstorm that happened on Wednesday (16 March 2022) at Bunkprugu-Zongo in the Bunkprugu-Nakpanduri District of the North-East Region. The incident happened at about 9:30 PM where residents were already in their beds which led to the recording of two girls being …

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Over 30 houses at Janga destroyed by a rainstorm, many displaced

Some residents at Janga in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region have been displaced following a rainstorm that ripped off over 30 houses in the community on Sunday evening (13 March 2022). Several houses, provision stores, drugstores, football game centres, container kiosks, and other structures have been …

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