Forest Invasion

Huge swathe of Dodowa Forest cleared to relocate traders, raising alarm among environmentalists

The Fourth Estate’s Forest Invasion story Named Third-Best Investigative Report in Africa

The Fourth Estate’s exposé on mining in forest reserves shortlisted for African Investigative Journalist of the Year Awards

The Fourth Estate Journalists honoured for galamsey exposé

PHOTOS: When did asking for clean water become a crime? – Ghanaian youth rise against Illegal mining

Rejoinder: Ministry of Lands refutes allegations against minister

Forest Invasion: Minerals Commission deletes critical information about mining companies after The Fourth Estate revelations

Forest invasion: Land Minister’s half-truth to Parliament & the contradictions fueling mining in Ghana’s forest reserves

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No trace of World Bank-funded boreholes in three Yendi communities

Ten communities in Yendi in the Northern Region were selected in 2022 to receive mechanised boreholes under a World Bank-funded project.Project records indicate that boreholes were drilled in all ten communities. But an investigation by The Fourth Estate found no evidence of the facilities in three of them, although official documents list the work as completed.William Jalulah and Joojo Cobbinah, who travelled to Yendi to investigate, report that without access to the promised boreholes, residents have little choice but to draw water from a dam also used by cattle and other animals.