Artist paints Ghana's "galamsey" disaster

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Galamsey: Ghana's illegal gold mining industry causes environmental destruction

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Artist Enil Art uses polluted water to depict devastation caused by 'galamsey' Illegal gold mining in Ghana has spread like wildfire in the resource-rich West African state.

Mercury is increasingly being used to extract gold by miners digging on a massive scale in forests and farms, degrading land and polluting rivers to such an extent that the charity WaterAid has called it "ecocide".

WaterAid urges government to take "immediate action to end the ecocide" Former official: " Mercury can remain in water for up to 1,000 years . The water in these rivers is so turbid that it is undrinkable" Government says 76 people, including 18 foreign nationals, have been convicted of illegal mining since August 2021 .

With Akufo-Addo due to step down at the end of his two terms, his critics say that he failed to fulfil his promise and the problem rather got worse during his tenure, jeopardising - as he put it in 2017 - "the very survival of our nation". More BBC stories on Ghana : Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent..

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