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Jaw-Dropping Documentary, ‘Slums In the City’ Shows On TV3 Thursday

All is set for the first time air play of the most anticipated, jaw-dropping Community Connect documentary; “SLUMS IN...

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Kumasi Mayor Courts Assembly Members Support To Demolish Slums

The Metropolitan Chief Executive for Kumasi, Osei Assibey Antwi, is rallying the support of assembly and unit committee...

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Trying To Help Egypt’s Street Kids

Barefoot and wearing shabby clothes, the two-year-old wanders through the dirty streets of Cairo alongside her mother,...

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Speaker Meets With Moroccan Housing and Tourism Ministers In Rabat

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye has held talks with the Ministers of Housing and Tourism in Morocco as...

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Looters Cause Chaos At Deadly Philippine Fire

Looters mobbed a deadly slum fire in the Philippine capital on Tuesday, pulling roofing sheets and electric wire from...

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Here Is Not My Home!

Here is not my home! In Ghana, both skilled and unskilled migrant workers seek greener pastures in the city of Accra...

International

At Least 30,000 People Forced Out From Slum Housing

30,000 people have been forcefully evicted from their slum housing At least 30,000 people have been forcefully evicted...

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Relocating Old Fadama Residents Will Ensure Stability

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP David Asante Apeatu, believes the relocation of residents at Old Fadama will...

International

How To Deal With Kibera’s ‘flying Toilets’

Streets in Nairobi slum are littered with human waste, prompting locals to develop innovative solutions to the problem....

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Kenya’s Slumdog Footballers Play For Pennies and Pride

Henry Eshiboko considers himself privileged. The 20-year-old lives with his wife and child in a single, windowless,...

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New Accra Mayor To Give Agbogbloshie ‘special Attention’

Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Mohammed Adjei Sowah says his administration is going to turn...

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Zongo and Inner City Development To Tackle Sanitation — Boniface

The Minister of Zongo and Inner City Development, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiqque Boniface has stated that his ministry, with...

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Squatters Return To ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’

Hundreds of squatters whose structures were destroyed in a demolition exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA)...

International

Big Slums Cut Valuation of Real Estate Wealth

Cash-hungry slumlords and politicians have blocked modernisation of Nairobi’s Kibera slum, robbing the economy of...

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We’ll Ensure Equitable Distribution of Resources In Zongos

Alhaji Abubakar Saddique Boniface, the Minister-designate of Inner Cities and Zongo Development, has assured Ghanaians...

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Zongo Fund Will Not Be Disbursed At Funerals, Naming Ceremonies

Zongo fund 12:55 Muntaka: How much is the fund? I have heard it is around $50 million. Is that enough? Ans: I have also...

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Fire Burnt Down Girl’s Lifetime Savings, Dashes Education Ambitions

The dream of a 20 year old school drop-out to return to the classroom hangs in the balance after she lost all her...

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GNFS Ashanti Targets 60% Reduction In Fire Outbreaks For 2017

The Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service is targeting a 60 percent reduction in fire incidents...

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Over 200 People Rendered Homeless After Blaze In Two Slums

Fire has gutted two slums at Suame Magazine Fire has gutted two slums at Suame Magazine in Kumasi in the Ashanti region...