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Open defecation costs the country $79m each year, according to the Institute of Environment and Sanitation at the University of Ghana. http://myjoyonline.com/news/2019/May-2nd/photo-of-the-week-ghanas-79m-problem-open-defecation.php?iRef=artMore
Commuters using Jasikan-Hohoe road in the Jasikan District of the Oti region, always go through terrible experiences due to the bad nature of the road http://admin.myjoyonline.com/articles/edit/3/1/1252552
A shoreline that could disappear soon. The Glefe Wiaboman in the Weija Gbawe is among the coastal communities which have been hit by the effect of climate change and its devastating effects such as rising sea level and erosion. https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/August-29th/photo-of-the-week-a-shoreline-that-could-disappear-soon.php
The situation on the Weija-Kasoa ridge, a once beautiful place to live, which was later declared danger zone for human settlement has been worsened by the recent rains.The base of the ridge has weakened due to constant human activities over a period of time. https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/April-17th/photos-more-gullies-develop-in-weija-kasoa-ridge.php
A filthy drainage on the road linking Kwame Nkrumah Interchange to the Obetsebi Lamptey roundabout https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/May-9th
The Kokrobite beach losing its glory to filth https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/August-1st/photo-of-the-week-kokrobite-beach-losing-its-glory-to-filth.php
A deep gully developed under the road in Kokrobite in the Ga South Municipality after a downpour https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/August-9th/photo-of-the-week-is-it-a-road-a-gutter-or-a-culvert.php
The tendency for cities to get flooded after moderate rain levels continues to remain an unresolved problem in Ghana https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/November-1st/photo-of-the-week-one-rain-one-flood.php
Coach of Kenya’s national football team, Sebastien Migne instructs his player when he is met in a crucial encounter with the Black Stars in Accra for an AFCON 2019 qualifier https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/March-29th/photo-of-the-week-touchline-coaching.php
Poverty is the country’s greatest enemy,” the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in a recent comment noted. Pictured is a head-potter with her child sleeping on the street. https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/May-30th/photo-of-the-week-head-porter-in-despair.php
The techniques used by local fisherfolks to handle fish before they get to the market are decades old but will they still pass the test of modern standards of food safety? The picture shows a fishmonger sweeping the produce dried on the bare ground with a broom. https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/December-4th/photo-of-the-week-they-will-find-their-way-onto-your-dinner-tables.php
An excavator pulling down houses at Dansoman Glefe to pave for a new project in the community
The demolition left hundreds homeless.
Some residents standing around their belongings https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/August-21st/photos-glefe-slums-go-down-as-demolition-leaves-hundreds-homeless.php
When 'abnormal' indecent exposure becomes 'normal'
Some people chose to urinate indiscriminately behind a building on the Accra Highstreet https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/July-18th/photo-of-the-week-when-abnormal-indecent-exposure-becomes-normal.php
See no garbage, hear no garbage, speak no garbage
A trader selling close to refuse in the Central Business District https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/October-10th/photo-of-the-week-see-no-garbage-hear-no-garbage-speak-no-garbage.php
Motor Traffic and Transport Department police try to apprehend a lawless driver https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/March-21st/photo-of-the-week-driver-and-police-in-a-fracas-over-road-infraction.php
A schoolgirl in the Ngleshie Amanfro Community jumps over a gutter to go school https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/October-14th/photos-how-amanfro-school-children-struggled-to-reach-school-after-sundays-downpour.phphttp
Plastic waste in the Korle Lagoon https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/August-15th/photo-of-the-week-floating-plastic-waste-that-never-got-to-its-destination.php
Woman urinates under the Kwame Nkrumah 'Dubai’ Interchange https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/August-22nd/photo-of-the-week-woman-urinates-under-dubai-interchange.php
School children in the Ga South Municipality walk through the floods to go to school https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/October-18th/photo-of-the-week-students-walk-through-floods-to-school.php
A deteriorated suburban street of Kwabrafoso in the Obuasi Municity https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/July-8th/special-photo-report-122-years-of-neglect-the-untold-story-of-obuasi.php
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