Tag Archives: LAKE

As history has it, the popular lake, Lake Bosomtwe, is said to have been discovered by a hunter who, on getting lost in the forest, followed a deer to what is now the famous water source. And while the tales about the Lake may abound, not many people have been …

The Republic of Togo has attempt­ed to lay claim to the Volta Lake, the Managing Director of the Ghana Wa­ter Company Limited (GWCL), Dr Clifford Braimah, has revealed. He said this stems from Gha­na’s uncompromising position in talks over the Sogakofe-Lome Transboundary Water Supply Project. Dr Braimah made the disclo­sure, …

A plane has crashed into a Tanzanian lake early Sunday morning according to multiple local media reports. The incident happened in the Lake Victoria located in Tanzania’s Kagera region. In photos circulating on social media, the plane has plunged into the river with only the tail showing. As part of …

The Oti Regional Police Command, the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) of Krachie East and Biakoye Districts, with support from International Justice Mission (IJM), have rescued ten children recruited into fishing on the Volta Lake. In two different operations launched on 5th and 7th October 2022 respectively brought nine and …

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa, says human trafficking remained a threat to the human resources of the country that deprived the youth and children of their right to education. According to him, Volta Lake had been identified as one of the places where human trafficking remained prevalent. Dr Letsa …

The Ghana Police Service in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare has rescued nine trafficked victims from Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region. The joint operation rescued four adult men and five boys from exploitation on the portion of the Volta Lake in Yeji. …

A total of 500 trained lifeguards passed out on Sunday at the Eastern Naval Base in Tema New Town. The trained lifeguards, drawn from about nine regions in the country, comprised both males and females, and they will be deployed to save lives on Ghana’s water bodies in the country. …

Some 40 people are feared dead on the Volta Lake after a boat carrying them capsized due to a storm. The boat was travelling across the Lake from Tongor-Dzemeni in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region to Havorkope in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern …

The Oti regional commander of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Charles Domanba has disclosed that some 36 persons including children were rescued from human trafficking activities on the Volta lake last year. He made the disclosure during a stakeholder engagement led by the International Justice Mission (IJM) at Kete-Krachi in …

The bodies of four boys who drowned have been retrieved from the Volta Lake at Konkoma, a community in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region. The boys had gone missing for days, compelling their relatives to report their disappearance to the Police. “We heard the message yesterday …