Reports, advocacy briefings, and press statements from the communities WACAM works alongside.
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 bodies in the country. Section 17 of the Min…
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 t…
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 mining company. According to them, no amount of mou…
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, a community close to Bogoso…
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 Ghana’s f…
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 (LI 24…
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 from Ghana, Nigeria…
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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 in For…
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 Mensah, John Mensah and Paul Y…
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 company. The condemnation by the four CS…
