A Ghanaian activist is swimming the nearly 500-kilometer-long Volta River, which includes Lake Volta, to raise awareness of the problem of growing water pollution. In order to check for contamination, Yvette Tetteh is also taking water samples along the way.
The situation culminated in an acute water crisis that sent at least 118,000 people to hospital in 2018 and led to violent protests. The report, “Basra is Thirsty: Iraq’s Failure to Manage the Water Crisis,” found that the crisis is a result of complex factors that if left unaddressed will most likely result in future water-borne disease outbreaks and continued economic hardship