Last updated: 26 april, 2010 - 12:34 GMT

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A Letter from Africa

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There wasn't an eruption, neither did a river of molten lava flow forth to cover a nearby town or village, but the emissions from Iceland created problems of such tumultuous proportions they were felt worldwide.

Elizabeth Ohene reflects from Accra how mere ash caused such devastation.

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