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Sierra Leone: Scores displaced by Freetown floods

Scores of residents of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, have been displaced after floods destroyed their homes. It is not the first time that residents in parts of Freetown have been displaced due to flood. In August 2017, over 1000…

One dead, hundreds displaced by flooding in northern Ghana

Heavy flooding in the Upper West region of northern Ghana has left one dead and hundreds displaced, officials confirmed on Saturday. Ahmed Mustapha, the regional coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), said an 80-year-old woman died and at…

Gambians complain of poor ferry services

Gambians continue to express their frustrations over poor ferry services in the country. Passengers sometimes sit for hours before they could be ferried from the capital Banjul to Barra and vice versa. This has been the case for decades and…