Authorities in the Wa West District of the Upper West region are intensifying calls for stricter water safety protocols after two residents drowned in the Black Volta River while returning from a funeral in Burkina Faso.
The victims, a man and a woman from Bankpama, were travelling back home on Sunday when their boat capsized during the crossing.
The woman's body was later found near Tuoli, a riverside community, while the man remains missing despite ongoing search efforts by local divers.
The latest incident has once again drawn attention to the dangers of river transport in the Upper West Region, just weeks after seven students from Lawra Senior High School drowned at Dikpe.
