Ghana’s vanishing coast: Climate change is eroding historic site – France 24

In the Ghanaian city of Keta, a key part of the country’s history there is under threat from climate change. Fort Prinz en-stein, which was once a grim clog in the transatlantic slave trade, is now a shell of itself because of rising seas levels, relentless erosion and human neglect. Activists are now urging the government to act fast to preserve the UNESCO world heritage site…
Deadly ambush at sand winning site leaves five dead in Eastern Region – Modern Ghana

A violent confrontation at a sand mining site in Asiyaw in Ghana’s Eastern Region has left at least five people dead and several others injured, following a deadly ambush during a community-led engagement aimed at curbing illegal sand mining in the area…
The World Can’t Keep Up With Its Garbage | Book Review – the Atlantic

Trash dumping is taking a devastating environmental toll—especially on poorer countries….