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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Ghana’s Gold Curse: Why the FBI Might Be the Nation’s Last Hope Against Environmental Crime and Corruption

 In the deep forest reserves of Ghana’s Western, Ashanti, and Eastern regions, rivers once known for purity — Birim, Ankobra, Pra — now run brown with mercury, cyanide, and the blood of local resistance. Illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, has pushed Ghana’s ecological, economic, and legal institutions to the brink of collapse.

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