Clashes over Ghana slum demolition

Armed men reportedly stormed the compound and destroyed a building under construction.

Ghana's oldest slum was the scene of running battles on Monday, between police and residents who were protesting the demolition of their homes.

One prisoner has been killed and four officers seriously wounded at a prison in the Ghanaian town of Kumasi, when inmates tried to escape after a fire broke out, officials say.

The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered the partial demolition of an 18-storey commercial building put up near State House.

Residents whose houses were demolished by Kinondoni Municipal authorities on Wednesday exuded frustration and shock following their loss and for being forced to sleep outside.

A freight train has crashed into homes in huge Nairobi slum of Kibera injuring several people and trapping many more, reports from Kenya say.

Residents in the Mathare slum area of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, are now able to access water through an ATM-style dispenser.

The transformation of a one-time slum into a modern settlement at Manzese-Mvuleni in Dar es Salaam offers residents of other unplanned settlements an important lesson--take a risk and form housing co-operatives.

 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...