Ghana: 'Nearly 275,000’ affected by floods in little-known disaster

Government figures indicate that in northern Ghana flooding has affected more people than in all other West African countries combined, yet the disaster has received little international attention compared to floods elsewhere in the region.

The government's National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) says floods have affected close to 275,000 people in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Regions of the country. Parts of the Western Region have also seen flooding. Most of the affected people are displaced, although some are still living in what is left of their homes.

The magnitude is unbelievable but yet nobody is talking about it on the international scene. It's amazing, Benonita Bismarck, head of operations for the Ghana Red Cross, told IRIN.