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Ghana destroys hundreds of homes in capital in bid to prevent floods
2015-06-21 01:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Bulldozers razed hundreds of homes and businesses in the poor Sodom and Gomorrah neighborhood of Ghana's capital on Saturday so the authorities can start widening a lagoon to prevent a repeat of this month's deadly floods. Some residents said security forces sprayed them with tear gas after they threw stones to protect their livelihoods from the bulldozers. By evening, thousands were stranded in the rain amid rubble and household goods strewn for more than a mile. "What they have done is not...
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