Israeli rescue team arrives in Ghana today

President John Dramani Mahama has accepted an offer from Israel to help locate and extract any remaining survivors in the collapsed Melcom shopping mall disaster that took place on Wednesday. An...

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Update on Melcom disaster: Over 70 people rescued, five dead

Over 70 people have so far been pulled out of the rubble from the collapsed Melcom building at Achimota. The accident which occurred Wednesday has claimed at least five lives and injured many more. Rescuers...

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Districts to have disaster management bodies

In order to address the scarcity of resource gaps and trained manpower, the government is establishing disaster management institutions at district level in the country, said National Disaster Management...

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Guatemala earthquake: 48 dead, residents fear aftershocks

Guatemalans fearing aftershocks huddled in the dark and frigid streets of this mountain town wrapped in blankets early on Thursday, while others crowded inside its hospital, the only building left...

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