{
  "id": 17945231,
  "title": "Ghana’s urban population hits 19.8m – GSS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/ghanas-urban-population-hits-19-8m-gss",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T09:11:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/ghanas-urban-population-hits-19-8m-gss/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Government Statistician, Dr Alhassan Iddrisu, has called for urgent measures to address Ghana’s growing housing and accommodation challenges, particularly among vulnerable and marginalised groups, as the country’s urban population continues to expand. He said nearly 20 million Ghanaians now lived in urban areas, with 30.8 per cent of the urban population residing in slums … The post Ghana’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}