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COVID-19 Heralds Mass Cleanup in Ghanaian Capital

Stacey Knott

   ACCRA - As residents in Ghana's capital, Accra, are told to stay
   indoors to help combat the spread of COVID-19, government and city
   authorities are tackling the waste that sits in open drains or in piles
   on streets.

   For decades, Accra has had major issues with its waste management.
   Demand for services has not kept up with population growth. Research
   shows about a quarter of the trash Accra generates is not collected. It
   ends up an eyesore, littered through the streets, in drains, on the
   beaches or is burned by residents.

   The city's sanitation issues have been linked to annual flooding and
   have had health and economic consequences.

   In 2017, Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to make Accra
   Africa's cleanest city.

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