Tag Archives: Forest

At least 26 people have been killed and dozens more injured in forest fires that have devastated northern Algeria. Kamel Beldjoud, the country’s interior minister, said 24 died in El Tarf, near the border with Tunisia, as well as a mother and daughter in Setif. Firefighters, supported by helicopters, were …

The Afram Plains North District office of the Forestry Commission of Ghana has arrested five suspects including a Senior High School teacher for farming cannabis in a forest reserve. Michael Anakpo, a teacher at Donkorkrom Agric Senior High School said to be the gang leader and his accomplices were arrested …

When he made the millions he had worked tirelessly for after so many years, he took some of it back home; to his roots, and transformed his community. That is the story of Dr. Kwabena Adjei, the President, Founder and Group Chairman of the Kasapreko Company Limited, who was born …

Germany-based Ghanaian, Nana Konadu, has shared her cross-country journey from Turkey through Greece to Germany on foot. Nana Konadu revealed in an interview on Daily Hustle Worldwide that she slept in a forest for three months with other Africans on their way to Germany from Greece. According to her, travel …

The Nii Odoi Kwao Family in Accra has called for the arrest of the Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye regarding issues surrounding the Achimota Forest lands. This comes after Mr Vanderpuye stated earlier that he is a member of the Owoo family, the family said to …

Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has said both the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party connived to capture the Achimota forest land. According to him, the consummation of the state capture by a bi-partisan political elite of the natural resources for private profit is the only ‘rational reason acreages of land were released to …

  Ghanaian artiste, Bright Ackwerh, has sketched the late Forest Commission boss, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, also known as Sir John, naked in the Achimota forest. The art which connotates a deeper meaning was shared on Instagram on May 30, 2022. The art captures the late Forest Commission boss covering his private …

Former President John Dramani Mahama’s name has been cited in a new document by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources giving clear details on matters relating to lands at the Achimota Forest Reserve. The document also cites Inusah Fuseini, a former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. The document released …

Some 14 Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, have petitioned the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to look into the degazetting and purported sale of portions of the Achimota forest. The CSOs are; Civic Response, A Rocha Ghana, Nature and Development Foundation, EcoCare Ghana, Viridis Environmental Consult, Kasa Initiative …

The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has called for an immediate halt to the destruction of Ghana’s forest cover and the pollution of water bodies. Okyehene, who is bemoaning the current level of destruction and degradation of the country’s forest reserve and its arable lands says the state of the country’s forest …