The flooding was caused by a spillage (a deliberate ... The Volta River Project was Ghana’s largest development project. It included Akosombo Dam and an aluminum smelter as the dam’s main ...

said preliminary investigations has shown that over 6,740 farmers were displaced in the region due to the Akosombo Dam spillage. The figure comprises 5,392 males and 1,348 females. He said the ...

The authorities say they will reduce the rate of spillage of the dams while monitoring the volume of water upstream. The Akosombo dam was built in the 1960s, a project championed by Ghana's first ...

The Akosombo Dam floods were not just a natural calamity; it was a test of governmental commitment to its citizens. One year later, that test remains unpassed. The anniversary of the disaster ...

BoG posts interbank exchange rate for first time in 6 months, $1 selling at GH¢16.35 ...

In turn, depend on the conditions on which other Governments might lend Ghana money ... For instance, the cost of the Akosombo Dam, generating station, and township were now estimated to be ...

Lake Volta, contained behind the Akosombo Dam, covers 3.6% of Ghana and has a surface area of 3,283 square miles (8,502 square kilometres). It is also the third-largest artificial lake in the ...

Massive tropical trees have been submerged beneath Lake Volta since 1965, when the construction of Ghana's Akosombo Dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin. A Ghanaian company, which has ...