Small-Scale Miners declare war on foreign galamseyers
Over 100,000 small-scale miners across the country have declared war on foreign nationals engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) in and around river bodies, devasting Ghana’s water ecosystem and threatening livelihoods and access to potable water. According to the miners, never in the history of the West African nation has their source of their livelihoods come under so much threat than in recent times, attributing the challenge to foreign nationals engaged in galamsey in restricted zones. The miners who converged in Akwatia, an ancient mining town in the Eastern Region, on Friday, September 20, 2024, made this declaration during the inauguration...
