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Bogoso explosion. / 5.58500°N 2.04639°W / 5.58500; -2.04639. On 20 January 2022, a large explosion occurred along the Tarkwa-Bogoso-Ayamfuri road in Western Region, Ghana, after a truck transporting mining explosives collided with a motorcycle. The explosion levelled the nearby Apiate village, killing 13 people and injuring 200.
On 26 February 2021 at around 1:30 AM, two buses were involved in a head-on collision at Asafo-Akyem on the Accra-Kumasi highway in Ghana. Nineteen people were confirmed dead, including both drivers. Background. The bus heading from Accra to Kumasi was operated by 39-year-old Emmanuel Asante Opoku.
The Accra Sport Stadium disaster occurred at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, on 9 May 2001. It killed 126 people, making it the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa. [1] [2] It is also the third-deadliest disaster in the history of association football behind the Estadio Nacional and Kanjuruhan Stadium disasters.
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Disasters and accidents. 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods. The death toll from ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 90, with more than 150,000 people left homeless. Tornadoes of 2024. Tornado outbreak of May 6–8, 2024. A FedEx warehouse in Portage, Michigan, United States, is destroyed by a tornado. (Detroit Free Press)
At least 132. On 7 October 2017, an offloading petrol tanker located at the state-owned Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) caught fire resulting in a large-scale explosion at the site of a liquefied natural gas station located at Atomic Junction in Madina, Accra, Ghana. [1] The explosion was not isolated to the tanker at the station, with the fire ...
Afropop, Afrobeats. Occupation (s) Singer / songwriter & Actress. Years active. 2018–present. Labels. RuffTown Records. Wendy Asiamah Addo (born 20 February 1996), [1] known by the stage name Wendy Shay, is a Ghanaian singer. [2] [3] [4] In March 2021, she was among the Top 30 Most Influential Women in Music by the 3Music Awards Women's Brunch.
The police affirmed it was one of the worst road accidents in Ghana in years. Even if the cause of the accident is unknown, some sources said that it could have been a problem of brakes, but speeding could also have been the cause. It seems the bus was overloaded, carrying more than the maximum of 63 passengers. See also