Ghana’s illegal mining boom seeps into presidential election …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Illegal mining, or ‘galamsey’, has been a flashpoint in the lead-up to Ghana’s election.
Photo: CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP
Source: AFP
Dressed in a white singlet with a scarf tied around his head, Frank crouched near a muddy pit, preparing to plunge his hands into the soil in search of gold.
Around him, shirtless men, their bodies smeared with dirt and glistening with sweat, worked tirelessly under the blazing sun, near Ghana’s capital Accra.
Some shovelled sand into makeshift washing…
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