Struggle for natural resources

July 26, 2024 by TAMA Foundation

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UNDOUBTEDLY, Northern Ghana is becoming a hub of mining activities with the discovery of mineral resources, particularly gold deposits in large quantities in many communities.

Dead, dying, silted: State of water bodies in north forebodes doom

July 1, 2024 by TAMA Foundation

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Under the scorching midday sun, Salifu Abugri, a 45-year-old smallholder farmer at Agatusi in the Bawku West District in the Upper East Region is slogging away along a stream with frustration written all over his face.

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TAMA Foundation Universal with funding support from Ford Foundation joined forces in 2021 with the Northern Ghana Natural Resource Accountability in Northern Ghana (NaRAING) Project. This project’s focus is to empower local communities to fight for their rights and hold the mining industry accountable

Urgent Reclamation

March 20, 2024 by TAMA Foundation

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Tama Foundation Universal, an extractive-centred CSO, working in Northern Ghana, has called for the urgent need to restore vegetation at degraded mining sites in the north.

Natural Resource

March 20, 2024 by TAMA Foundation

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TAMA Foundation Universal, an NGO, has organised a forum on natural resource governance in northern Ghana with the aim to
address the salient issues of mining activities and resource conflicts in the northern belt of the country.

Test on White Volta

March 20, 2024 by TAMA Foundation

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Tests conducted on the White Volta River that stretches through Northern Ghana and empties into the Volta Lake have revealed high levels of dangerous heavy metals due to illegal mining and sand winning activities along its banks.

Galamsay Impact

November 28, 2023 by TAMA Foundation

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The scars and devastating impact of illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey, are staring in the faces of residents of mining communities in the northern part of the country..

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Struggle for Natural Resources in Northern Ghana: Clashes Over Gold Escalate

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Struggle for Natural Resources in Northern Ghana: Clashes Over Gold Escalate

UNDOUBTEDLY, Northern Ghana is becoming a hub of mining activities with the discovery of mineral resources, particularly gold deposits in large quantities in many communities.However,…

Dead, dying, silted: State of water bodies in north forebodes doom

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Under the scorching midday sun, Salifu Abugri, a 45-year-old smallholder farmer at Agatusi in the Bawku West District in the Upper East Region is slogging…

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Voices from the Mining Communities

Lost of livelihoods for women

“ I don’t know what to do. I use to pick shea nuts, process them into butter sell and take...

Transparency question

“ We are grateful to you for resurrecting the discussions on mining in our district. We have given up the...

Lost of lives

“ We the youth are in great pain. Shanxi Mining Co( Earl International) through unannounced blasting in our community killed...

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