WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - February 13, 2017) - On Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 24 boys were rescued from fishing boats on Ghana's Lake Volta. International Justice Mission (IJM), the world's ...

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Beneath the placid waters of Lake Volta, the shadow of death lurks in a jungle of submerged trees, where countless boats have capsized and scores of fishermen have drowned. The boats of Lake Volta ...

Brooklyn-based photographer and cinematographer Jeremy Snell has created a documentary of the life of young “fisherboys,” who are forced to work on fishing boats on Lake Volta in Ghana. “I first went ...

How the largest man-made lake became a place to untangle the bonds of slavery. Anita Budu stepped to the water’s edge and searched the horizon. Lake Volta is the most expansive artificial reservoir in ...

Wood from a vast underwater forest in Ghana could be used to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral after its spire and roof were consumed by a blaze in April. Massive tropical trees have been submerged beneath ...

Did you know? Ghana is home to Lake Volta, the world's largest man-made lake by surface area. Covering approximately 8,500 square kilometres, about 3.6% of Ghana's total land area, the lake was ...

Lake Volta is the world's biggest man-made lake, and trees rise above the water's surface. Fishing nets can become caught on the limbs, and children are made to dive into the water to untangle them.

"This rescue operation represents months of planning and collaboration between Ghana's anti-trafficking unit, local police, EMT officials and government social workers. We can stop child trafficking ...