A new report released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that approximately 29.5% of Ghana’s population, ...

Ghana: Accra - a City Or a Slum. 27 May 2004. Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra) THE CITY of Accra, like other conurbations in this country, has undergone lop-sided and uncontrolled expansion and ...

Accra is Ghana's largest city, with rapid population growth and high land and housing prices. This situation has resulted in the development and expansion of slums and informal settlements, and ...

Official estimates show that 38% of Accra’s population lives in slums. Other research suggests it could be as high as 45% . At the same time settlements for low-income earners have been ...

Accra - Protesters from one of Ghana's biggest slums clashed with police in the capital Accra on Monday, after city authorities demolished shanties as part of measures to combat heavy flooding. Riot ...

The Sub Metro Director of Okaikoi South, Mr. Nathaniel Adzotor, has disclosed that, about one-third of residents in Accra live in slums and as a result do not enjoy adequate social services.

The President of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GIS), Mr James E.K.Dadson, has warned that if steps were not taken to remove slums from prime areas Ghana cannot achieve the desired level of ...

Accra is Ghana’s largest city, with rapid population growth and high land and housing prices. This situation has resulted in the development and expansion of slums and informal settlements, and ...

A new report published by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that nearly one in every three households in Ghana lives in a slum or informal settlement.