Cocoa faces a new danger in Ghana, the world''s secondlargest exporter of cocoa beans.
The Catholic Church in Ghana is calling on the government to end the practice of illegal gold mining, which bishops call a "menace" that has "plagued our nation."
Galamsey: Environmental Impact of Illegal Gold Mining in Ghana By Darci Stanger, Staff Editor For several years, the government in Ghana has been aware of a major ...
Illegal mining or galamsey isn''t new in Ghana. The word is a corruption of the English "Gather and sell," which used to be the preserve of mostly Ghanaians in ...
Dec 03, 2015· In July 2013, the Ghana Immigration Service repatriated almost 4 000 Chinese to their country as part of efforts to end illegal mining, known as galamsey ...
Jun 06, 2013· DAKAR, Senegal — The authorities in Ghana have conducted sweeping arrests of Chinese citizens in the nation''s goldmining regions, officials said ...
Dec 30, 2013· Why many of Ghana''s gold miners are giving up. ... and a government crackdown on illegal gold mining has ... You can hear more on Ghana''s gold miners ...
A Contextual Review of the Ghanaian SmallScale, scale saltmining workforce is as well as 50 per cent of the illegal galamsey industry [15] The small percentage of ...
Ghanaian authorities have arrested 124 Chinese citizens for illegal gold mining in the resourcerich west African country, highlighting the social and environmental ...
Illegal gold mines have become more common in Ghana, West Africa.
Learn how the government defines illegal mining and how the ... What Is Illegal Mining and How Significant Is ... Find Out Why Using Mercury in Gold Mining Is ...
Illegal gold mining in Ghana shafts locals'' health and the environment Published by MAC on . Confessions of a Dangerous Mine ...
The Mining industry of Ghana accounts for 5% of the country''s GDP and minerals make up 37% of total exports, of which gold contributes over 90% of the total mineral ...
Ghana has long been known for its bountiful gold reserves and was called "the Gold Coast" during its colonial era. But illegal mining in Africa''s second largest ...
Illegal gold mining in Ghana shafts locals'' health and the environment Published by MAC on . Confessions of a Dangerous Mine Illegal gold mining in Ghana ...
Illegal Chinese gold miners blamed ... aimed mainly at reducing the alarming levels of illegal gold mining in the ... Ghana''s legal gold exports brought ...
A galamsey is a local Ghanaian term which means illegal smallscale gold mining in Ghana, West Africa; such workers are known as galamseyers or orpailleurs in ...
Ghana''s push to crack down on illegal gold mining is winning praise from the public but inflaming tensions with China, its biggest trading partner. Beijing is ...
FUELLED by high commodity prices, illegal goldmining is on the rise in Ghana, Africa¿s secondbiggest source of the metal, and is hitting both the major producers ...
A church plan to build a nursing college in a rural village is upended when they discover the site has been turned into an illegal gold mine. The price of gold, lax ...
By: Bruce Misbu Bulmuo It is now generally acclaimed that the activities of illegal gold miners in several parts of Ghana?s hinterlands have destroyed our farmlands ...
Filmmaker Johannes Preuss has received a student Oscar for his film, "Galamsey," which was shot in Ghana and looks at the illegal gold trade there. DW met him to ...
Hundreds of thousands, including many from China, are engaged in illegal artisanal mining. How can the government stop it? At the start of April, Ghana''s government ...
Thousands of Chinese nationals have been deported from Ghana in a crackdown on the plunder of the country''s gold by illegal miners. Immigration authorities say more ...