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Fires, floods, road crashes, protests, power cuts and new projects, placed on the map from the last 7 days of reporting. Tap a place to see its stories.

16 Oct to 22 Oct50 storiesUpdated every two hours

  • Hazards
  • Security
  • Environment
  • Services
  • Development
  • District, no town named
  1. Fires and explosions

    Woman sets boyfriend’s rented room ablaze after heated argument in Obuasi

    Obuasi Municipal, Ashanti · Ashanti Regionvia Modern Ghana

  2. Public infrastructure

    Tegbi, Dzita and Akplorwortorkor benefit as Anloga District commissions four projects

    Dzita, Anloga, Volta · Tegbi, Keta Municipal, Voltavia GBC Ghana Online

  3. Fires and explosions, Violent crime

    Kasoa residents pelt firefighters with stones after fire destroys 15 shops

    Awutu Senya East, Central1 outlet

  4. Violent crime

    Kingsley Ozor and Jeffery Otaigbe arrested for murder of 11-year-old girl

    Place not named1 outlet

  5. Floods and storms

    Villaggio construction site sheds debris in Airport Residential Area

    Airport Residential Area, Ayawaso West, Greater Accra · Greater Accra Region1 outlet

  6. Road crashes

    School of Islamic Studies pupils killed in Aboabo van crash

    Ashanti Region2 outlets

  7. Protests and strikes

    Road maintenance contractors demand payment for five years of arrears

    Greater Accra Region1 outlet

  8. Fires and explosions

    Darkuman fire destroys nine containers and five vehicles

    Darkuman, Ablekuma North Municipal, Greater Accra · Greater Accra Region2 outlets

  9. Road crashes

    Prince Adu dies in road accident near West Legon

    Place not named1 outlet

  10. Public infrastructure

    Eric Gyamfi Odoom commissions two kindergarten blocks in Agona West

    Swedru, Agona West Municipal, Central · Agona West Municipal, Central1 outlet

  11. Road crashes

    Aboabo: Four killed, three injured as van crashes into schoolchildren

    Asokore Mampong Municipal, Ashantivia Citi Newsroom

  12. Road crashes

    Burkina Faso truck kills two people in Walewale accident

    West Mamprusi Municipal, North East1 outlet

  13. Public infrastructure

    Frank Amoakohene announces 96 health facilities for Ashanti Region

    Ashanti Region1 outlet

  14. Fires and explosions

    Kasoa residents pelt firefighters with stones after fire destroys 15 shops

    Awutu Senya East, Central1 outlet

  15. Protests and strikes

    Haruna Iddrisu refers Obuasi SHTS headmaster to CID for criminal probe

    Obuasi Municipal, Ashanti2 outlets

  16. Public infrastructure

    WaterAid Ghana inaugurates US$300,000 WASH facilities in Bongo District

    Kadare, Bongo, Upper East · Bongo, Upper East1 outlet

  17. Public infrastructure

    Charles Asuako Owiredu commissions mechanized borehole in Dodowraso

    Birim North, Eastern2 outlets

  18. Demolitions and evictions

    La Beach demolition: Ga Dangme Council demands resettlement for affected traders

    Greater Accra Regionvia Citi Newsroom

  19. Public infrastructure

    Second edition of streetlight project takes off in Essikado-Ketan

    Place not namedvia GBC Ghana Online

  20. Fires and explosions

    Darkuman fire destroys five vehicles in Cable and Wireless area

    Darkuman, Ablekuma North Municipal, Greater Accra · Greater Accra Region1 outlet

  21. Illegal mining (galamsey)

    NAIMOS destroys 92 changfan machines on Tano River

    Asemkrom, Aowin, Western North · Aowin, Western North2 outlets

  22. Public infrastructure

    John Dramani Mahama pledges reliable power for Bright Industrial Zone

    Afienya, Ningo/Prampram, Greater Accra1 outlet

  23. Demolitions and evictions

    La Community threatens legal action over Pleasure Beach redevelopment

    Place not named1 outlet

  24. Power and water disruptions

    ECG schedules maintenance outages in Eastern and Central regions

    Mouri, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Central1 outlet

  25. Public infrastructure

    Jinijini-Sampa Road project delayed by theft of construction materials

    Berekum West, Bono · Bono Region1 outlet

  26. Illegal mining (galamsey)

    Forestry Commission destroys 1,103 changfan machines in Western Region

    Western Region1 outlet

  27. Public infrastructure

    Serene Insurance refurbishes Korle Bu Surgical Block with 55 beds

    Place not named1 outlet

  28. Public infrastructure

    Samuel Nartey George inspects rural telephony site at Akoefe Gadza

    Place not named1 outlet

  29. Protests and strikes

    Assin Kumasi farmers protest sand-winning activities over farm destruction

    Central Region1 outlet

  30. Public infrastructure

    Ahmed Ibrahim drives infrastructure expansion in Banda-Ahenkro

    Banda, Bono · Bono Region1 outlet

Showing the 30 newest of 50. Choose a place or a kind of event to narrow the list.

Most reported districts

  1. Ningo/Prampram4Greater Accra
  2. Ablekuma North Municipal2Greater Accra
  3. Awutu Senya East2Central
  4. Obuasi Municipal2Ashanti
  5. West Mamprusi Municipal2North East
  6. Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese1Central
  7. Afadzato South1Volta
  8. Agona West Municipal1Central
  9. Anloga1Volta
  10. Aowin1Western North

How this map works

Anansi reads the reporting behind every story, picks out events such as fires, floods, crashes, protests and outages, and places each one at the town or district the reporting names. A story covered by several outlets counts once. A dot is a town; a ring is a district where no town was named. Stories that name only a region are listed but not drawn.

Counts are stories reported, not incidents, and busy places get more coverage than quiet ones. A place we could not pin down with confidence is left off the map rather than guessed.

Events are read from Anansi News reporting and placed on the map by Anansi. Boundaries: OCHA COD-AB (CC BY-IGO 3.0). Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).

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