{
  "id": 12597958,
  "title": "Community 25 residents demand answers over two-month water shortage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/community-25-residents-demand-answers-over-two-month-water-shortage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:38:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/community-25-residents-demand-answers-over-two-month-water-shortage/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In October 2023, a community of 25 residents near Tema in Ghana faced a severe water shortage that lasted more than two months, prompting them to seek answers from the Ghana Water Limited (GWL). The shortage had a significant impact on daily life, forcing households to seek alternative sources of water, which they often had to pay high prices for. Some parts of the community went weeks without tap water, severely disrupting the lives of students, businesses, and workers. Prosper Segbey, a representative of the Community 25 Residents Association, urged the government and relevant authorities to intervene and resolve the crisis. Van-Gogh Bagnaba, the association's chairman, asked residents to stay calm while his leadership worked with GWL to restore regular water supply.",
  "summary": "Residents of Community 25 visited the Ghana Water Limited (GWL) office at Gbetsile on Tuesday, October 6, to demand explanations for a prolonged water shortage affecting the community.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Community 25 residents demand urgent action over prolonged water crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/community-25-residents-demand-urgent-action-over-prolonged-water",
        "published": "2026-10-07T10:31:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Community 25 residents demand urgent action over prolonged water crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/community-25-residents-demand-urgent-action-over-prolonged-water-12622207",
        "published": "2026-10-07T12:16:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Roadpali-Kalamboli Faces 31% Water Shortfall; 20,000 Families Battle Crisis, Residents Threaten Morcha, Legal Action",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/roadpali-kalamboli-faces-31-water-shortfall-20-000-families-battle",
        "published": "2026-10-07T12:39:19.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}