Galamsey

Researchers sound alarm as galamsey contaminates Black, White and Red Voltas

Gold rush: Galamsey boom sends communities in hunt for water

“It’s deadly”: Violence and intimidation deter reporting on illegal mining

Chief’s u-turn on galamsey angers and divides Anyinasin

The Fourth Estate Journalists honoured for galamsey exposé

Gold over crops: Illegal mining drives farmers away from food cultivation in Prestea

Former Chief of Staff’s son, Amewu’s brother, others hold concessions on ravaged riverbanks despite Akufo-Addo’s ban

FULL DOCUMENTARY: Galamsey on Black Volta threatens livelihoods, Bui Dam

Galamsey Fight: No honeymoon for whoever wins December 7 polls as six presidential candidates sign pact

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

Gov’t hides behind national security to withhold information on drones for anti-galamsey fight

ILLEGAL MINING: Communities threatened by devastating effects

Boy awaiting BECE result dies in galamsey pit

Latest Podcast

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.