For years, a site called Agbogbloshie in Accra was one of the largest e-waste processing sites in Africa, getting 15,000 tons of discarded phones, computers and other used electronics each year.

At Agbogbloshie, the fastest, cheapest, and favored way to recycle copper from insulated wire is to burn it. ©Jon Spaull/SciDev.Net. Agbogbloshie is not a pleasant place to work. Most of the ...

In Agbogbloshie, however, Shaibu is just concerned with making ends meet. “With Christmas approaching, we all need money to send back home to our families, ...

Bellini’s first experience with e-waste was in 2012, when he visited Agbogbloshie, reportedly the world’s largest e-waste dumping site, in the middle of Ghana’s capitol city, Accra.

Two decades ago, the region of Agbogbloshie in Ghana was a lush mangrove swamp. Now, reporter and photographer Yepoka Yeebo explains, it's a vast dump full of electronic waste and young scavengers.

Agbogbloshie, in particular, has been the focus of international condemnation for its bustling scrap market, where workers break down electronic waste and car parts into their base materials.

Agbogbloshie is a vast, scorched field, right in the middle of Accra, Ghana, dotted with rusting hulks and heaps of scrap. Hundreds of people work here in what looks like hell: smashing, burning ...

As Agbogbloshie scrapyard workers forge new paths, their position in the globalized scrap economy, where profit distributions often favour those higher along the chain ...

Agbogbloshie, Ghana has captured the imagination of the international media for being the world’s largest e-waste site, often portrayed in apocalyptic terms and relying on images of open fires ...

Police arrested a man in connection with a burglary at Kasoa Nyanyano in the Central Region after he was caught on a CCTV ...

Adwoa Agbogbloshie, as she is known on social media, stated that she started her business in 2017, operating from her kitchen Her story has inspired many Ghanaians who chanced on the video posted ...

Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect in connection with a burglary and theft incident at Kasoa Nyayano in the Central ...