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 ...

Wacam calls on media to be advocate for protection of rights of children in mining communities

A media and stakeholder’s forum has been held in Accra with a call on journalists to be advocate for the protection of rights of children in mining communities.

We won’t give Perseus Mining even an inch of our lands! – Breman Concerned Farmers warn

Concerned Farmers Association-Breman in the Upper Denkyira West District has warned that its members will not lease even an inch of their farmlands to Perseus Mining Ghana Limited (PMGL).

According ...

Wacam Plants Trees In Bono East, Eastern Regions On Green Ghana Day

Members of Wacam, a human rights and environmental mining advocacy non-governmental organisation (NGO), have planted trees to mark this year’s Green Ghana Day, held recently.

The tree-planting exercise was undertaken ...