Ghana: Kumasi city's unplanned boom is destroying two rivers—sewage, heavy metals and chemical pollution detected

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Ghana: Kumasi city's unplanned boom is destroying two rivers—sewage, heavy metals and chemical pollution detected

Ghana's urban population has more than tripled in the past three decades, from 4 million to nearly 14 million people. Competition for land in cities has increased among various land uses. These trends have led to encroachment in ecologically sensitive areas such as wetlands.