A portion of the Sodom and Gomorrah one of the most popular slums in Ghana has been demolished by a taskforce spearheaded by   Accra Metropolitan Authority rendering hundreds of residents homeless.

The demolition was triggered by the recent floods and fire disaster which claimed over 150 lives at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle a suburb of Accra.

The three-day exercise has severely affected women and children who were seen in desperate search for a shelter from the sun rays, Tuesday afternoon.

Talata Issifu, who is carrying an eight-month-old pregnancy with her three children had her house demolished as well. She does not know where to go with her children.

Experiencing some labour pains, Talata was handed a small umbrella by a good Samaritan and she enjoyed the shelter the unmbrella provided. She was shocked her house was no more because she was made to understand that she would not be affected by the demolition.

Securing a place for her children was Talata’s headache.

Women and children were most affected

A section of head porters who returned from work only to see that their residence had been demolished 

A woman in a pensive mood

A couple in a situation of despair

A man who is yet to come to terms with the demolition of his structure sits on the rubble

 

A homeless woman breast feeds her baby

Police personnel who supervised the demolition exercise 

Some of the affected residents looking on

A victim weeping when she saw that her makeshift house had been demolished 

Some of the affected children sleeping in the open

Some men of Sodom and Gomorrah watch on hopelessly while excavator demolishes their structures

Some of the victims salvaging their little belogings

Excavators busily demolishing structures at Sodom and Gomorrah

A placard placed by some of the victims  warning politicians ahead of the 2016 elections