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“We share our only water with animals. This water is not good for us.” Barikisu, a resident of Kamshegu, is pleading with President Mahama to order the contractor paid to drill their borehole to return and complete the project. Watch the full documentary here:
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In Yiwabra, a community between Enchi and Asanko in the Western Region, residents are risking their lives on a makeshift wooden bridge. The bridge was built after the community’s steel bridge collapsed. Today, the wooden structure has badly deteriorated, leaving residents with no safe alternative to cross. Yet, more than 20 prefabricated bridges procured by the government with a £43 million loan in 2020 remain in government yards. Video Credit: 1957 News
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Coming up. 10 Years On: The Sad State of the $35 Million Komenda Sugar Factory [TEASER]
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The sanitation guards popularly known as "Tankas" were brought back to help keep our communities clean and enforce sanitation laws. They started with GHS 70 a month in 2008. In 2012, it increased to just GHS 100 - and many say they were hardly paid at all. Unable to survive on such meagre and irregular allowances, many abandoned the job. Yet in 2022, Zoomlion received more than GHS 37 million to manage and pay the sanitation guards. Today, clogged drains, choked gutters and devastating floods have become a familiar sight across Ghana.
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President John Dramani Mahama promised the people of Asuokaw a bridge in February 2025. This was after a video of a schoolboy carrying a younger child across the Ayensu River on a fallen tree shocked Ghana. When he saw the video, he wrote on Facebook that his government would “permanently and urgently resolve” the problem. One and a half years later, the children of Asuokaw are still waiting. Construction of the promised bridge reportedly began in March 2026 but has stalled. At the site, steel components meant for the project are already showing signs of serious deterioration. So, what happened to the promise? Watch. Then tell us: how long should a child have to risk their life just to get to school? #TheFourthEstate
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At the Ridge hospital for an interview, Dr. Kaba told staff to call National Security. Richard Jakpa calls. He demands we halt immediately. We asked, why is a simple media chat a security threat? But we realised this wasn't protocol. It was power crushing accountability!
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Whether you like it or not, anytime you buy electricity or pay a bill, you pay to light up the streets. In 2024, public lighting levy amounted over 313 million cedis. So why is Accra still dark? John Abdulai Jinapor John Dramani Mahama #FixcircleDubai #BringBackCircleDubai Hon. Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo
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One dawn in 2022, six policemen stormed Albert Donkor’s room and took him away. His mother, Comfort Gyamea, begged to follow the police vehicle, but they refused. Desperate, she ran after the vehicle — unaware that her longest day had just begun. Watch👉
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A desperate Nigerian woman sought refuge at Ridge Hospital for her brother. She was given an invoice for GHS 7,000. But while preparing to pay, the pharmacy told her she needed to pay $7,000. The $7,000 bill shocked her, but desperation won. Read more:
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At the Tema Valco Roundabout, the most severe damage is within a lane that leads commuters from the Tema Harbour to other parts of Tema and Accra. The stretch has deteriorated so badly that it is described by some drivers as “manholes.” Rather than ease traffic, some residents told The Fourth Estate that the route is accident prone. Drivers using the stretch are forced to slow down to protect their vehicles from damage. A narrow pavement along the road has turned into a contested turf between pedestrians and motorists avoiding the damaged road. Most of the drivers, in an attempt to dodge the potholes, drive over pavement straight towards a busy bus stop, often startling pedestrians. Watch more here:
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