Illegal gold mining is growing in Ghana, one of the world's top gold producers. A weakening economy and high unemployment have pushed thousands into illegal mining in search of elusive wealth. But the ...

The Western Regional House of Chiefs has inaugurated a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to implement strategies to help ...

Gold prices surge, luring more men to illegal mines Industry contributes to economy but endangers miners Public anger over poisoned water, destroyed forests Gangs, powerful people profiting, say ...

The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has reiterated its full commitment to supporting the government’s campaign against illegal mining (galamsey) but issued a sharp warning that the endemic problem requires a ...

ACCRA, Ghana — Illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana has been linked with the destruction of the environment and illness. But for some, the practice known locally as galamsey provides livelihoods ...

In towns and villages across Ghana, a quiet problem is growing beneath our feet. Galamsey, the illegal and unregulated mining of gold, is slowly damaging our rivers, forests, and communities in ways ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic Bishops in Ghana have called out the government of President Nana Akufo-Addo for what they termed its “weak, inconsistent, and corrupt” efforts to stop illegal mining, ...

A miner searches for gold at a mine outside Kumasi. Editor at Large Drive an hour south of Kumasi, Ghana’s bustling second city, and before long the dense jungle gives way to denuded hills peppered ...

In a sealed plastic jar, the remains of a fetus with severe birth defects are preserved in formalin for scientific research. The transparent jar, around 70cm/27.56″ tall, sits along the back wall of a ...

CPP member and governance expert Kwame Jantuah has issued a stark warning about the worsening state of Ghana’s water bodies, stating that “very soon the only clean water we will have in Ghana will be ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “I come here to find gold. First we cut down the trees, then we burn them. Then we start digging the soil to open the pit,” says a young man in the ...