NGOs Call For Repeal of Section 17 of Minerals and Mining Act To Safeguard Water Bodies

Two civil society organisations (CSOs) have made a clarion call to the government to repeal section 17 of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) to help safeguard water ...

CEPIL, Wacam engage stakeholders on how to address human rights abuses in mining sector

Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), a not-for-profit organisation (NPO), has organised a stakeholder’s advocacy meeting on a policy brief that offer alternative solutions to policy gaps that have contributed ...

No juicy package would entice us to give our lands to any mining company!—Concerned Farmers in Breman reaffirm

[6:08 AM, 3/18/2024] Hummingbird: Members of the Concerned Farmers Association-Breman in the Upper Denkyira West District, Central Region have reinforced that they will not give out their lands to any ...

We’ve been totally sidelined! —Appiatse victims cry to government

A community engagement forum for the people of Appiatse in the Western Region has revealed the total sidelining of the community in the reconstruction process.

On January 20, 2022, Appiatse, ...

Wacam, A Rocha Ghana, others receive international praise

Three Ghanaian CSOs, Wacam, A Rocha Ghana and Nature and Development Foundation (NDF), have received international praise for their efforts in pushing for the repeal of the mining regulation on ...

Mining in forest reserves: CSOs petition Akufo-Addo, Bagbin

Civil Society Organisations CSOs) in the country have petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin over the revocation of a new Legislative Instrument ...

Wacam, 5 other CSOs participating in FAIR for ALL Africa Regional Event in Accra

About thirteen (13) countries involved in the FAIR for ALL Programme have converged on Ghana to participate in a regional learning event.

 

Over one hundred (100) civil society representatives ...

Repeal Mining in Forest Regulation 2022 (L.I 2462) Now! —Stakeholders charge government

Stakeholder organisations in the environment and forestry space have called for the immediate repeal of the Legislative Instrument (L.I) on mining in forest reserves, known as the Environmental Protection (Mining ...

Police arrest farmers for protecting farmlands from destruction by Newmont

The Tano North District Police have arrested four (4) farmers in Terchire in the Tano North District in the Ahafo Region.

The arrest of the four farmers—Silas Adjei Mensah, Beatrice ...

CSOs blast Newmont over arrest of farmers in Terchire

Four civil society groups (CSOs) have berated Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) for the arrest of farmers in Terchire, one of the host communities in Ahafo Region, to the mining ...