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Agbogbloshie Ghana Slum Sodom and Gomorrah Ghana Urban poverty

Sodom and Gomorrah Slum (Ghana): Municipal Infrastructure and Local Resources

Thousands of urban poor use a precarious makeshift wooden bridge to cross from the densely populated Sodom and Gomorrah slum to the Jamestown area and Korle Bu, Ghana's premier healthcare facility. Video and photos, and a brief interview with the entrepreneur behind the bridge.

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Environmental Pollution Korle Lagoon Livelihoods Plastic Pollution Society

Plastic Pollution in Ghana: Urban Trash Heroes

Photographs of urban poor men who risk it all to swim in the heavily polluted Korle Lagoon to collect plastic waste, which they sell for pennies.

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Drone Photography Mavic Air 2 Mavic Air 2 Photography

DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone Photography

Sample photos of DJI's new Mavic Air 2 Drone. All shot in Ghana in late June, 2020.

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Agbogbloshie Ghana Society

Agbogbloshie: Beef Cattle in Contaminated Landscapes

Photos: Beef from Agbogbloshie contaminated cows — ranching in an area once listed alongside Chernobyl and Norilsk — may be entering the food chain.

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Climate Change Fish processing in Ghana Society Urban poverty

Fish Processing in Ghana: Trade-offs Between Livelihoods and Health risks

How fish processors in Ghana trade-off between their livelihoods and exposure to cancer-causing toxicants such as PAHs, and how climate-related shocks and human activities are shaping the mobility of migrant fishers.

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Child Labour Child labour in Ghana Hazardous child labour

Child Labour in Ghana: Meet 8-Year-Old ‘Akufo-Addo’

Nicknamed after Ghana's current president, the 8 years old 'Akufo-Addo' is engaged in hazardous child labour on the margins of Accra, Ghana's capital city. See how he navigates the fringes of Agbogbloshie, an area once listed alongside Chernobyl and Dzershinsk.

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Science

Coronavirus: Updates, Symptoms, and Research Findings

Symptoms and latest advances in the biology of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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Bad Journalism Photo Theft

Copyrighted Photo Theft by MYJOYONLINE

An online photo theft incident involving the Ghanaian news website MYJOYONLINE.COM. They used my copyrighted photo without my permission, and when I called to ask them to take it down, they replaced it with another copyrighted photo — my work again.

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Ghana Plastic Pollution

Plastic Pollution in Ghana: Video and Photos

A quick glimpse of the plastic soup we have cooked.

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Air Pollution in Ghana Ghana

Ghana Has The Second Dirtiest Air In Africa – Report

Ghana has the second dirtiest air in Africa, according to the IQAir AirVisual’s 2019 World Air Quality Report.

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