Can Uganda avoid Ghana's gold curse?

Such a situation is what is being experienced by the Teberebie community in Nsuaem, Tarkwa constituency in Ghana’s gold-rich Western region, and could rear its ugly head in Uganda’s resource-rich regions if the Government does not ensure sustainable exploitation and proper use of oil returns.
Although Ghana started mining gold in the area decades ago, the Western region is poorest in the whole country. The area also suffers environmental degradation and soil and water contamination, thanks to mining activities.
AngloGold Ashanti, a South African-based mining firm, operates in the affected area.
According to Emelia Amoateng, a local activist in the Wassa Fiase traditional area (in Tarkwa constituency), the people were displaced when their land was appropriated and resettled in the neighbouring villages, whose soils are not fit for farming because of contamination. As a result, they have had to walk about 10km to access agriculture land.
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