Why a state of emergency must be declared in Ghana’s small-scale mining sector

Ghana’s small-scale mining sector — once a source of livelihoods and local pride — has spiraled into a full-blown national crisis. Across our mining districts, law enforcement officers from the Police, Military, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are being attacked by armed galamsey operators. Our rivers run brown poisoned with mercury, cyanide and arsenic compounds. […]