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3 Dead As Floods Submerged Ghana’s Capital
By Shehu Dogo, With AFP Report
Torrential rains sparked flooding across Accra on Monday, killing at least three people, authorities and local media reported, with the president blaming climate change and unchecked urbanisation.
Flooding is common during Ghana’s rainy season, but residents say inundations in the capital have become worse in recent years due to rapid urbanisation, the building on and blocking of waterways, and a lack of investment in drainage infrastructure.
Some 140 millimetres of rain fell on the city in a single day, “the highest experienced in several years” and nearly triple last year’s high, President John Mahama said.
“That aspect of the problem is beyond our control because it is driven by changing climatic conditions,” he said on X.
But he also warned of “the issue of human behaviour”.
“Whenever government begins removing structures built in waterways, some people accuse us of being inhumane,” he said. “Yet when disasters such as today’s flooding occur, the consequences affect everyone.”
In the eastern suburb of Tse Addo, emergency responders and local volunteers used boats to rescue at least 15 children and an infant after rains that started lashing the city at 3:00 am flooded the area.
Local authorities said the body of a man in his 60s was recovered from the low-lying Alajo district, where floodwaters also damaged vehicles and homes.
Meanwhile, journalists in the neighbourhood reported two more people killed by rising waters coming into contact with electrical wiring in their homes.
The Ministry of the Interior urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel as the police, military and firefighters were dispatched to assist rescue operations.
The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area is home to more than five million people, with flooding frequently disrupting transport, damaging homes and businesses, and claiming lives during periods of heavy rainfall.
“Unfortunately, my house is flooded,” retired journalist Philip Mensah, 67, told AFP, adding that his “1970s collection of vinyl records is now underwater”.
Patience Naa Adjeley Adjei said she had spent hours trying to keep water out of her room.
“I have mopped my room more than eight times,” the schoolteacher told AFP. “I can’t even step out because my room is flooded, and outside is flooded.”
The Ghana Meteorological Agency warned that rain-bearing clouds were expected to persist over southeastern Ghana before spreading westward later on Monday, raising the risk of further flooding.
AFP
By TRT Afrika
The world’s youngest King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV in Tooro Kingdom, Uganda has died at the age of 34.
He died on 27 August 2026, according to the kingdom’s Prime Minister Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki.
He described the king’s death at the age of 34 as “an immeasurable loss.’’
Uganda’s Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa said Oyo’s death was “very difficult to comprehend,” remembering him as “humble, wise and calm.”
Officials have not disclosed the cause of death.
However, the kingdom had earlier said Oyo was critically ill, while local media reports say he had been battling cancer and receiving treatment in the United States.
Born on April 16, 1992, he was the son of King Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Olimi III and Queen Mother Best Kemigisa.
In August 1995, tragedy struck the kingdom. His father died suddenly.
Weeks later, on 12 September, Oyo was installed as the King of Tooro, otherwise known as Omukama.
Guinness World Records had recognised him as the world’s youngest reigning monarch.
Oyo was a toddler when he ascended to the throne. Because he was too young to govern, his mother, royal elders and regents managed the kingdom as he grew up. President Yoweri Museveni was also among those who helped guide and groom the young monarch.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has explained that records linked to an old alleged drug trafficking investigation involving President Bola Tinubu cannot be released publicly because they could expose law-enforcement methods and put some individuals at risk.
The FBI made the position known in a motion filed on August 20, 2026, at the US District Court for the District of Columbia, where it asked the court for permission to provide additional details about the withheld records privately.
The agency wants to submit its explanation ex parte and in camera, meaning the information would be given directly to the judge and would not form part of the public court record.
The FBI said making its full explanation public could reveal the information it is seeking to protect.
According to the agency, some of the withheld records could disclose investigative procedures and techniques used by law-enforcement authorities.
It also said other information could expose individuals to threats to their physical safety.
The filing was publicised on X by Von Batten-Montague-York, a Washington-based lobbying firm recently retained by African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.
President Donald Trump has said ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz face a 20 percent “safe passage” fee under a proposal by the United States.
The levy, announced by President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post on Monday, would help cover the cost of maintaining security in the strategic waterway.
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