Tag Archives: KUMASI

Many commuters found it difficult getting to their destinations as transport activities came to a virtual halt in the Kumasi metropolis on Friday, March 27.   This was as a result of the ‘National Disinfection Exercise’, a programme spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) and …

Kumasi is replete with powerful history and rich culture. Some aspects of Kumasi’s history are embedded in monuments speaking volumes. Monuments in public spaces don’t just emerge out of thin air. In the strictest sense, monuments are the products of collective human efforts — often expensive and time-consuming — erected …

Major streets and intersections in the once “Garden City” of Kumasi have been taken over by stray animals, especially, cattle. The age-old phenomenon appears to have worsened due, perhaps, to high demand for livestock for Christmas festivities. Beside the public nuisance and danger, sanitation is a major worry as the …

A rainstorm on Thursday evening in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital, has left scores of people displaced. Roofs were ripped off buildings and giant billboards fell, in some instances on moving vehicles, at Afful Nkwanta, Stadium and Asokwa, all in the Kumasi metropolis.   One person has been hospitalized after …