Illegal and small-scale mining known as galamsey is contaminating the country’s rivers and soil, activists say.

Ghana’s top water utility shut down the treatment plant that serves its biggest mining hub following a surge in illegal gold mining that’s polluted the river that supplies the facility.

There have been several conflicts between security officers and mining communities in the past, but the situation has been exacerbated by the country's current economic problems. Ghana is going ...

12/24/2024 December 24, 2024 Illegal mining is destroying waterbodies in Ghana. In our special street debate Edith Kimani, together with Ghana’s Joy News, talk to Ghanaians about how mining is ...