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2011 Atiwa Floods
The 2011 Atiwa District floods occurred in the early hours of Monday, July 20, 2011, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. A heavy downpour of about 10 hours of torrential rain caused the Birim River to overflow its banks, resulting in widespread flooding of houses and farmlands in various communities. The towns most affected included Anyinam, Asaman Tamfoe, Osonase, Abomosu, Jejeti, Akwabooso, and Asunafo, all located within the Atiwa District. The flooding led to severe damage to infrastructure, homes, and agricultural lands, displacing many residents and cutting off some towns from the rest of the country due to impassable access roads. The floodwaters submerged vast areas of farmland, destroying crops and displacing farmers who depended on agriculture for their livelihoods. Fish ponds located on the outskirts of Anyinam, containing over 2,000 species of fish, were also swept away, adding to the economic toll of the disaster. In Jejeti, a local clinic's pharmacy suffered extensive d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atiwa District
Atiwa District is a former district that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana, Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger East Akim District in 1988, which was created from the former East Akim District Council, until the northwest part of the district was split off to create Atiwa District on 17 February 2004; thus the remaining part has been retained as East Akim District, which it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become East Akim Municipal District. However on 1 June 2018, it was split off into two new districts: Atiwa West District (capital: Kwabeng) and Atiwa East District (capital: Anyinam). The municipality was located in the central part of Eastern Region and had Kwabeng as its capital town. List of settlements Sources * Districts: Atiwa District References {{coord, 6, 18, 50.4, N, 0, 35, 34, W, region:GH, display=title Districts of the Eastern Region (Ghana) States and territories esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galamsey
Galamsey, derived from the phrase "gather them and sell", is a local Ghanaian parlance that means illegal small-scale, gold mining in Ghana. Such workers are known as galamseyers or ''orpailleurs'' in neighboring Francophone nations. Galamseyers are people who perform illegal gold mining independent of mining companies, digging small working pits, tunnels, and sluices by hand. Galamsey is also referred to as Illegal Artisanal Small Scale mining (ASM). Background Generally the galamseyers can dig only to a limited depth, far shallower and smaller than commercial mining companies. Under current Ghanaian law, it is illegal for galamseyers to dig on land granted to mining companies as concessions or licenses. Most galamseyers find gold in free metallic dust form or they process oxide or sulphide gold ore using liquid mercury. The number of galamseyers in Ghana is unknown, but believed to be from 20,000 to 50,000, including thousands from China. The Information Minister recently clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Atta Mills
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 election. He was previously the Vice-President from 1997 to 2001 under President Jerry Rawlings, and he contested unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was the first Ghanaian head of state to die in office. Early life Mills was born on 21 July 1944 in Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana. His parents were John Atta Mills Sr., an educator, who taught at the Komenda Teacher Training College and Mercy Dawson Amoah. He was the second child (and first son) among seven siblings. A member of the Fante ethnic group, he hailed from the town of Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East constituency of the Central Region of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atiwa West District
Atiwa West District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger East Akim District on 17 February 2004, which was created from the former East Akim District Council, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Atiwa East District on 1 June 2018; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Atiwa West District. The district assembly is located in the central part of Eastern Region and has Kwabeng Kwabeng is a town in the southern part of Ghana and is the capital of Atiwa District, a district in the Eastern Region in the southern part of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West A ... as its capital town. References Districts of the Eastern Region (Ghana) {{Ghana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwasi Amoako Atta
Kwasi Amoako-Attah (born 5 August 1951) is a Ghanaian lawyer, management consultant and politician. He is the Member of Parliament of the Atiwa West constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and, as of 2017. He is a former Ghana's Minister for Roads and Highways. Early life and education Kwesi Amoako Atta was born on 5 August 1951 at Akyem-Awenare in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He attended Abuakwa State College where he received his GCE Ordinary Level certificate and continued to Tarkwa Senior High School for his GCE Advanced Level certificate. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration from the University of Ghana, Legon. He then proceeded to the Ghana School of Law, Makola and was called to the Ghana Bar in 2002. He obtained an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Ghana. Working life After graduation from the University of Ghana, Atta was employed from 1979 to 1985 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
