Clashes at Ghana prison after fire

The Ghanaian police use tear gas on residents demonstrating against the demolition of an Accra slum.

More than 70 people die in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, during torrential rain, the fire service says.

What has Ghana done to recover from disaster?

At least 175 people die in a massive fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, the fire service says, as the city grapples with serious floods.

No doubt acting out of curiosity, a reader emailed to ask me what the heading to this column, ‘Friendly Fire From Yesteryears,’ is intended to portray. How can fire be friendly, the fellow asked - perhaps bearing in mind such episodes as the Great Fire of London in 1666!

 wachezaji wa Ghana  wakishangilia ushindi na kutinga fainali baada ya kuwakunja wenyewe Equatorial Guinea 3-0  kwaiyo sasa  Ghana kukutana na Ivory Coast tarehe 8 kwenye fainali. Baada ya kipenga cha mwisho wenyewe wa mashindano hayo ya AFCON walikuwa wamekubali kipigo cha magoli matatu ndipo washabiki walivyoanzisha timbwili hili uwanjani hapo.Hali ilionekana siyo shwari toka kipindi cha kwanza pale Ghana walivyo pewa penati ya mapema hii hapa ilikuwa baada ya dk 45 za kwanza washabiki...

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