Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/BBC-Pidgin-Ghanaians-blast-Akufo-Addo-for-tweeting-on-Notre-Dame-fire-but-not-Accra-flood-739099General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019. Source: bbc.com BBC Pidgin: Ghanaians blast Akufo-Addo for tweeting on Notre Dame fire but not Accra flood. Some Ghanaians for twitter descend heavily on President Nana Akufo-Addo sey he tweet about Notre Dame fire dey console France, but he no tweet about Accra floods wey kill 5 pipo.Wed, 17 Apr 2019 05:06:00 +0200ghanaweb-9862b0d62a547850730b0b483c85675bghanaweben48.8521 2.34899FloodingNaturalDisastersGeneral NewsNana Akufo-AddoBBC20190417050600https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/April-16th/attitudinal-change-key-to-tackling-accra-floods-president-akufo-addo.phpThe President, Nana Akufo-Addo has re-echoed attitudinal change as the panacea to the perennial flooding experienced in the national capital and other parts of the country. “Beyond addressing issues of infrastructure, our attitudes towards sanitation have to change as well, in order to help tackle the problem of the perennial flooding of Accra.Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:51:00 +0200myjoyonline-4707fe1ecac8acee478b2204891b4aecmyjoyonlineen5.634001 0.008229FloodingNaturalDisastersNana Akufo-AddoAbu RamadanMeteorological AgencyKwame Nkrumah20190416205100https://www.modernghana.com/news/927079/akufo-addo-says-attitudinal-change-key-to-tackling-accra-flo.htmlAt least 12 people were washed away in Accra with an estimated 30,000 reportedly displaced on two separate days after some hours of torrential rains within the last seven days. The dead included a couple, both of whom were serving military officers and an 11-month-old toddler.Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:25:00 +0200modernghana-8bae5f07551a3f5dc99c872df522dc86modernghanaen5.634001 0.008229FloodingNaturalDisastersAbu RamadanMeteorological AgencyKwame Nkrumah20190416192500https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/April-16th/attitudinal-change-key-to-tackling-accra-floods-president-akufo-addo.phpThe President, Nana Akufo-Addo has re-echoed attitudinal change as the panacea to the perennial flooding experienced in the national capital and other parts of the country. “Beyond addressing issues of infrastructure, our attitudes towards sanitation have to change as well, in order to help tackle the problem of the perennial flooding of Accra.Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:48:00 +0200myjoyonline-f3649796d427eba022647b548452d974myjoyonlineen5.634001 0.008229FloodingNaturalDisastersNana Akufo-AddoAbu RamadanMeteorological AgencyKwame Nkrumah20190416174800https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/April-16th/human-attitude-responsible-for-70-of-floods-deputy-nadmo-director.phpA picture of Abu Ramadan in the studio of Joy 99.7 FM. He is the Deputy Director General of the National Disaster Management Organisation. A Deputy Director General of the National Disaster Management Organisation has said that there cannot be a lasting solution to floods in Ghana until there is a change in human attitude.Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:36:00 +0200myjoyonline-e7a3b4504a5d8faf59b9cbf144ccc9d9myjoyonlineen5.634001 0.008229NaturalDisastersFloodingCecelia DapaahAbu RamadanMeteorological AgencyKwame Nkrumah20190416123600https://guardian.ng/technology/c55-technology/google-canvasses-ai-adoption-in-businesses-government/Search giant, Google, has called for the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business developments and various governments’ engagements. Google noted that AI is becoming a global weapon for development, and its earliest adoption, especially in developing economies including Nigeria, Ghana,....Fri, 12 Apr 2019 06:02:00 +0200guardian-ng-3fa39713a0f75a6d89d384299bd5f0f0guardian-ngen9.172945 7.179924NaturalDisastersEnvironmentGoogleMoustapha Cisse20190412060200