Tag: Illegal mining

Rwanda’s illegal miners vandalise Rwf2bn water supply system

Eastern Province officials say that illegal miners have caused extensive damage worth

Ghana’s informal mining harms health and the land – but reforms must work with people, not against them

Artisanal small-scale mining has been practised in Ghana for over a century.

Ghana: Opposition calls for probe into report of Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining

Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Minority

Former Ghana minister alleges some officials at Presidency are currently involved in illegal mining

Former Environment, Science and Technology Minister of Ghana, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng,

The dark face of South Africa’s illegal mining

While mining is the foundational building block of the modern South African

Kenya: 3 Workers Killed in Gold Mine Blast, Illegal Mining Blamed

A Kenyan gold mining company said three of its workers have been

Ghana had a bad time in 2022 – 4 reads to catch up on what happened

Ghana, a country with a good reputation for democracy, human rights, governance

The economics, policy and politics of the fight against galamsey – John Osae-Kwapong writes

The missing link between the economics and the policy dimensions of galamsey

Ghana: Illegal mining increasing kidney, liver diseases – Deputy Information Minister

Kidney and liver diseases are on the rise in some parts of

Ghana: Chinese illegal mining “queen” Aisha Huang denied bail

Chinese national Huang Ruixia alias Aisha Huang has been denied bail by