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Africa
Galamsey: The deadly dig for Ghana’s gold
Ghana’s western region is a hotbed for illegal gold mining, known as galamsey. It’s destroying the country’s forest reserves and…
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Galamsey: Ghana’s illegal gold mining industry causes environmental destruction
For its part, WaterAid urged the government to take “immediate action to end the ecocide”, while the state water utility…
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Oliver Barker-Vormawor taken to Ghana hospital after being arrested for galamsey protests
The activist, educated at the UK’s renowned Cambridge University, was arrested over the weekend along with over 40 others after…
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