In Ghana, clashes over small-scale mining have become a litmus test for China

One of the results of the ramped-up galamsey is environmental devastation. Officials at the country’s Environmental Protection Agency are now warning that the country might have to start importing water by 2030 because its own rivers will be too polluted by the run-off from the operations. But it has also created deeper rifts within communities, where people are increasingly incensed that international actors are profiting off of this destruction, and that the local leaders who should be protecting their rights have done little to stop it.
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