The Akosombo Dam, also known as the Akosombo Hydroelectric Project, which is located on the Volta River remains the last project commissioned by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah before his overthrow on ...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has urged Municipal and District Assemblies and traditional leaders to strictly halt farming and construction within the 280-foot contour of Volta Lake to prevent ...

Illegal mining along the Black Volta River in the Wa West District of Ghana has led to the arrest of seven people. According to MyJoyOnline and GhanaWeb, the culprits were arraigned on April 13 ...

At least 34 people have died in northern Ghana during flooding caused by heavy rains and waters spilling from a dam in neighbouring Burkina Faso, relief agency officials said Thursday. Bagre Dam ...

the Volta River Authority (VRA) is undertaking a series of dredging activities at its Dredging Station at Ada Foah in the Dangme East of the Greater Accra Region, where the estuary is located.

No deaths have been officially announced. 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 ...

In October2003 the Steering Committee of the Challenge Program approved 50 research projects worth US$ 80 million in nine river basins. Eleven of the 50 approved projects are located in the Volta ...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) says work will soon begin to clear aquatic weeds that have grown in the Volta River, destroying the livelihood of some residents in communities along the water body.

Samuel-Richard Bogobley is wearing a bright orange life vest and leaning precariously over the edge of a fishing canoe on the Volta River estuary, a gorgeous wildlife refuge where Ghana's biggest ...

A new report highlighting the damaging effects of climate change on West Africa’s Volta River basin was released at the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week in Accra, Ghana. The study was ...

the Volta River Authority (VRA) is undertaking a series of dredging activities at its Dredging Station at Ada Foah in the Dangme East of the Greater Accra Region, where the estuary is located.