Illegal gold mining is a key issue Ghanaians want the incoming president to tackle. Experts warn the pollution it causes could force the country to import water by 2030. Grace Kuria Kanja reports from... Read More
An impressive story by GBC’s award winning journalist Joyce Kantam Kolamong reaches us today from Ghana, West Africa: “A Life on Wheels: A Dream for Basic Dignity and Inclusion”:
The simpl... Read More
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and the Convention People’s Party (CPP) have separately signed the Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) WASH... Read More
The Ghanian Coalition of NGOs in the Water and Sanitation Sector (CONIWAS) has urged all political parties to incorporate Water, Sanitation and Hygene (WASH) policies in their budget planning and to a... Read More
The west African state, led by Nana Akufo-Addo, a human rights lawyer, has long been seen as a beacon of democracy. However, activists and rights groups say civil freedoms are being eroded by authorit... Read More
Ghana’s Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Mrs Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has urged Ghanaians to put an end to open defecation, as part of efforts to combat the recent cholera outbr... Read More
60% of Ghana’s fresh water sources are contaminated by toxins and chemicals from illegal gold mining, Ambassador Mark A. Green, President & CEO, writes in Wilson Center’s Stubborn Things:
Fo... Read More
Prof. Kwasi Appeaning Addo, a coastal and marine processes expert at the University of Ghana, has issued a strong caution against the rapid increase in underground water extraction and sand winning ac... Read More
Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has spread l... Read More
