Tag: River
Death toll rises to 18 after bus plunges into river in Nigeria
The number of people killed after a passenger bus fell into a river in southeast Nigeria on Friday has risen to 18, a police...
14 bodies recovered after bus plunges into river in Nigeria
A total of 14 bodies have been recovered so far after a passenger bus fell into a river in the Ivo district of Ebonyi...
Humpback whales mysteriously appear in crocodile-infested Australian river
Three humpback whales have been spotted in a river inhabited by crocodiles in Australia's Northern Territory (NT).
It is the first time...
4 injured, dozens of homes damaged in river flooding in U.S. state Mississippi
Four people have been injured and dozens of homes damaged in 14 counties in southern U.S. state Mississippi as flooding from the Pearl River...
Boeing 737 with 140 people aboard skids off runway into river
A Boeing 737 with more than 140 people on board overshot the runway at a U.S Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida and crashed...
Titus Glover Appeal to Afram Plains Residents for Calm
Deputy Minister of Transport, Daniel Titus-Glover, has assured Ghanaians that the government will act swiftly to deal with the tension at Afram Plains in...
African Water Facility Funds Book On Re-optimising Dams
A book titled “Dams, Development and Downstream Communities: Implications for Re-optimising the operations of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams in Ghana”, was on Friday...
Dr Sugri Banbangi Launches Book Entitled Volta River Basin
Deputy Ministry launches book on Volta River Basin
Dr Sugri Banbangi, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, has launched a book entitled “The Volta River...
Western Region: Galamsayes Return to River Pray to Continue Mining
Barely a week after Citi News reported on the return of illegal miners in some communities in the Eastern Region, another notorious group has...
Torrential Rain Blocks Yamoransa-Kumasi Highway
Two hours of torrential rain accompanied by strong winds on Tuesday, flooded some communities in the Assin South and North Districts of the Central...
Minister For Lands Cautions Illegal Miner
An illegal miner, Nana Agyepong, was on Sunday caught red-handed doing illegal mining, near a river at Hiawa in the Amenfi Central District of...
Minister Halts Activities Of Okobeng Mining Company
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu has ordered a mining firm, Okobeng Mining Company, to halt any mining activities...
Bus falls into river in India, killing 44
At least 44 people were killed and 12 others injured, some of them critically, after a passenger bus carrying them fell into river in...
Private bus falls into river in India, Killing 44 people
A total of 44 people were killed when a private bus rolled off the road and fell into a river in Himachal Pradesh...
Ghana Prepares to celebrate WHOs NTDs Progress
Ghana would on Monday, April 17, join the rest of the world to mark the World Health Organization’s (WHO) second Global Partners Meeting on...
Illegal Chinese Miners on Ankobra River Arrested
Police in the Western Region have arrested five Chinese nationals together with four Ghanaians for illegally mining for gold in River Ankobra at Bamianko...
Yendi in Serious Water Crisis Following River Dakar Dry Up
The Yendi Township in the Nothern Region could be in in the thick of a water crisis by the end of March if their...
13 Towns In North Tongu To Get Potable Water
Safe Water Network, a not-for-profit international organisation, has commissioned a 100,000 dollar water station at Fodzoku in the North Tongu District of the Volta...
Watchman drowns in river after taking hyper-alcoholic drink in Burundi’s Rutana province
A corpse of a watchman was Wednesday discovered floating on a river near Rutana town, 150km southeast of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, the administrator...
![Fang Shuyun crosses the Fuchun River on a bamboo stick. [Zhejiang Online]](https://newsghana.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/7427ea210acc18a794b119-218x150.jpg "Man Travels By Crossing River On Bamboo Stick")
Man Travels By Crossing River On Bamboo Stick
Many internet users speculated that the photo was fabricated, but a reporter with Qianjiang Evening News witnessed the "impossible" and testified that the legendary...
Oswald Brings Another Poem From Prof. Wosornu On Mother’s Day
This time, it is “ETE: Woman of Africa”, from Prof. Lade Wosornu’s first anthology and dedicated to his late mother. Prof. Lade Wosornu is...
River flowed red through Northern China
The 4-km stretch of the Zhongting River in Shengfang Town, Bazhou City, has run red in recent days due to iron ions and rising...
Farmer records wild huge panda using his mobile phone
In the two-minute video, the giant panda can be seen stretching, dropping its head to the river, and drinking before noticing the farmer and...
Energy forum on Africa receives Global Investors to London
This year sees the Forum the 18 in the series will be hosted in London for the first time - at the new...
36 perish in west India bus accident
The State Road Transport Corporation bus, which was carrying 65 passengers, fell into Purna river in south Gujarat when the driver apparently lost control...
Boca and River asked to shun shameful show
"Obviously all Argentinians - Boca or River fans as well as those who support other teams or don't even like football...
Former Team Mates Pay Tribute to Gohouri
The body of former Ivory Coast defender Steve Gohouri has been recovered from the River Rhine after he went missing in mid- December,...
Benin, Togo commence construction of hydro power station
The power station, with costs 266 billion CFA francs (about 445 million U.S. dollars), is located in Aplahoue, a town about 150 km north-west...
10 die in central Kenya road accident
Traffic Commandant Jacinta Kinyua said the deceased, including four children, died after the over-loaded vehicle they were traveling in rolled and plunged into...
River kills two students in Western region
Reports said the children held on to a wooden banister on the bridge for support but they fell because it was weak.
The deceased are...