Thousands Flee Homes As Major Ghana Dam Spills Over

More than 4,000 residents in Ghana’s south-east have had to flee their homes because of flooding.

As a result of the Akosombo Dam overflowing, homes and farms have been destroyed by raging waters along the banks of the River Volta.

Essential services have been disrupted, with water and electricity cut off in some of the areas.

On Friday, the Ghanaian government said thousands of people, “in at least nine districts”, had been displaced.

Elsewhere, the UN-affiliated Global Disaster and Coordination System said it had recorded seven injuries.

Ghana’s Volta River Authority had previously asked residents to move to higher ground as water levels upstream of the dam continued to rise due to heavy rains.

BBC/Jide Johnson.