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What happened where in Ghana

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 Oct13 storiesUpdated every two hours

  • Hazards
  • 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. Fires and explosions, Violent crime

    Kasoa residents pelt firefighters with stones after fire destroys 15 shops

    Awutu Senya East, Central1 outlet

  3. Floods and storms

    Villaggio construction site sheds debris in Airport Residential Area

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

  4. Road crashes

    School of Islamic Studies pupils killed in Aboabo van crash

    Ashanti Region2 outlets

  5. Fires and explosions

    Darkuman fire destroys nine containers and five vehicles

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

  6. Road crashes

    Prince Adu dies in road accident near West Legon

    Place not named1 outlet

  7. Road crashes

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

    Asokore Mampong Municipal, Ashantivia Citi Newsroom

  8. Road crashes

    Burkina Faso truck kills two people in Walewale accident

    West Mamprusi Municipal, North East1 outlet

  9. Fires and explosions

    Kasoa residents pelt firefighters with stones after fire destroys 15 shops

    Awutu Senya East, Central1 outlet

  10. Fires and explosions

    Darkuman fire destroys five vehicles in Cable and Wireless area

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

  11. Road crashes

    Cement truck collision in Walewale kills two and injures twelve

    West Mamprusi Municipal, North East2 outlets

  12. Disease outbreaks

    Ghana Health Service targets 244,869 in Upper West yellow fever campaign

    Upper West Region1 outlet

  13. Disease outbreaks

    Builsa South District intensifies yellow fever surveillance

    Upper West Region1 outlet

Most reported districts

  1. Ablekuma North Municipal2Greater Accra
  2. Awutu Senya East2Central
  3. West Mamprusi Municipal2North East
  4. Asokore Mampong Municipal1Ashanti
  5. Ayawaso West1Greater Accra
  6. Obuasi Municipal1Ashanti

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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