Stop Fueling the Ecocide: A call to cut the Supply Lines of Galamsey

There is a saying that the lifeblood of any war machine is its supply line. In Ghana’s ongoing battle against the existential threat of illegal mining—better known as galamsey—we have focused heavily on the machinery: the excavators, the pumps, One-Leg, and the changfans. We have praised the government for restricting the importation of new excavator and tracking excavators that come to the ports. But what good is stopping the machines if we continue to freely supply the fuel that powers what...

By Isaac Yeboah