We have hydro, and I’m sure everybody has heard about the famous Akosombo Dam. It was one of the first hydro power plants in Africa, and it provides us with about 1,020 megawatts of power. We lived in ...

IN October 2023, the spillage of the Akosombo dam triggered catastrophic flooding across parts of the Eastern, Volta, and Greater Accra regions, displacing thousands and causing widespread devastation ...

Andrew Van Dam writes the Department of Data column each week for The Washington Post. He has covered economics and wrangled data and graphics for The Post and the Wall Street Journal. He got his ...