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What happened where in Ghana

Fires, floods, road crashes, protests, power cuts and new projects, placed on the map from the last 7 days of reporting. Tap a place to see its stories.

13 Oct to 19 Oct2 storiesUpdated every two hours

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2 stories in and around

Mallam, Weija Gbawe Municipal, Greater Accra

All of Ghana
  1. Fires and explosions, Power and water disruptions

    GRIDCo Mallam substation fire causes power outages in Accra

    Lapaz, Okaikwei North Municipal, Greater Accra · Anyaa, Ga Central Municipal, Greater Accra · Awoshi, Ablekuma North Municipal, Greater Accra3 outlets

  2. Road crashes

    Sprinter bus crashes into trotro on Odorkor Highway injuring several

    Mallam, Weija Gbawe Municipal, Greater Accra · Odorkor, Ablekuma North Municipal, Greater Accra1 outlet

Most reported districts

  1. Ningo/Prampram4Greater Accra
  2. Ahanta West Municipal3Western
  3. Tema Metropolitan3Greater Accra
  4. Ablekuma North Municipal2Greater Accra
  5. Afadzato South2Volta
  6. Kumasi Metropolitan2Ashanti
  7. Techiman North2Bono East
  8. Weija Gbawe Municipal2Greater Accra
  9. Ablekuma Central Municipal1Greater Accra
  10. Adenta Municipal1Greater Accra

How this map works

Anansi reads the reporting behind every story, picks out events such as fires, floods, crashes, protests and outages, and places each one at the town or district the reporting names. A story covered by several outlets counts once. A dot is a town; a ring is a district where no town was named. Stories that name only a region are listed but not drawn.

Counts are stories reported, not incidents, and busy places get more coverage than quiet ones. A place we could not pin down with confidence is left off the map rather than guessed.

Events are read from Anansi News reporting and placed on the map by Anansi. Boundaries: OCHA COD-AB (CC BY-IGO 3.0). Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).

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