The Volta River Authority (VRA) has reiterated its strong commitment to safeguarding public safety and promoting environmental sustainability during its annual Emergency Preparedness Plan and ...

Ghana's Volta Region, once a thriving eco-tourism hub, has been battling the devastating effects of tidal waves due to many ...

During the tour, the committee paid a visit to the Volta Regional Minister ... immediate and long-term consequences of the Akosombo Dam spillage. Their findings are expected to guide the ...

Last October, the dam spillage caused enormous havoc for communities living around the Volta and Eastern Regions. 88,000 people were affected, although no deaths were recorded The Volta River ...

Stakeholders are raising alarms over the rise in female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) at Lakeside communities within the Volta Basin in the wake of the Akosombo Dam spillage. The river-borne ...

Stakeholders are raising alarm over the rise in female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) at lakeside communities within the Volta Basin in the wake of the Akosombo Dam spillage. The river-borne tropical ...

The last recorded spillage was in 2010. The Volta River Authority, the state agency that manages the Akosombo Dam, opened the flood gates to release pressure on the dam after unusually high rainfall.

Recent heavy downpours in the Lower Volta area of Ghana led to the worst flooding in the region’s history. The flooding was caused by a spillage (a deliberate release of water) from the Akosombo Dam, ...

By September, Volta Lake, the vast, 400km-long reservoir behind Akosombo Dam, had been filled to capacity. A month after the spillage started, communities along the Volta River were severely ...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has said it is done with the spillage of water from the Akosombo dam. Announcing this in a press release sighted by GhanaWeb Business, the Authority, describing the ...

ACCRA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 36,000 people have been displaced and 150 rural communities submerged in devastating floods in southern Ghana following the spillage of the Volta Dam ...