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I am a PhD Candidate at the School of Environmental Studies, Queen's. I hold both BA and Mphil in the field of Development Studies. My professional career revolves around development planning and international development. My current research interests revolve around resource extraction and environmental justice. My PhD research is exploring the drivers of informality, and a high proliferation of foreign miners in Ghana's Artisanal and Small-scale Mining space, and the policy implications. Experience

+ Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor wants stiffer punishment for politicians, chiefs and kingpins behind illegal mining in the country. Mr. Jinapor says dealing with such persons will go a long way to help the fight against illegal mining. Speaking at the opening of a national dialogue on illegal mining in Ghana, Samuel Abu Jinapor said a lot more stringent actions must be taken to deal with the menace. “How do we name, shame and punish politicians, chiefs, religious leaders and people with money and influence who are promoters of this criminal cartel in this indust...

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Wednesday opened a two-day bi-partisan Consultative Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining, in Accra, and called on participants to discuss illegal small-scale mining devoid of partisan politics, narrow and parochial interests. The President said it would require stakeholders in the small-scale mining industry to engage in honest and candid conversations to stem the tide of the menace of illegal small-scale mining, otherwise known as “galamsey”. He said although mining created jobs and improved livelihoods, it should not be done at the expense of damagin...

Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor wants stiffer punishment for politicians, chiefs and kingpins behind illegal mining in Ghana. Mr. Jinapor says dealing with such persons will go a long way to help the fight against illegal mining. Speaking at the opening of a national dialogue on illegal mining in Ghana, Samuel Abu Jinapor said a lot more stringent actions must be taken to deal with the menace. “How do we name, shame and punish politicians, chiefs, religious leaders and people with money and influence who are promoters of this criminal cartel in this industry?â€...

File photo – Mining Women in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) have appealed to the Government to publicly demarcate and announce all mining sites at the national, regional and district levels. They also appealed to government to encourage women in small scale mining by allocating portions of available mining lands to them after announcing them. Mrs. Victoria Adobea Guerrieri, National Women’s Coordinator for the Ghana Association of Small Scale Miners, said this in Accra at a dialogue meeting for ASMs and stakeholders in the sector, in Accra. The meeting organized by Friends of the ...