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. The tests, conducted by Tama Foundation Universal, an extractive-centred CSO, working in Northern […]
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Tama Foundation Universal, an extractive-centred CSO, working in Northern Ghana, has called for the urgent need to restore vegetations at degraded mining sites in the north. The Executive Director of the NGO, Dr. Chrys Anab, who made the call, lamented that large tracts of lands have been destroyed by illegal […]
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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. While some residents, particularly illustrious young men are very often falling into abandoned pits and deep gullies, vegetative cover is […]
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Executive Director Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) Lawyer. Augustine Niber has taken a group of Civil Society and Community based Organizations and individuals from the 5 regions of the north through extensive legal training on mining laws, regulations, and policies. Engaging with the media, during a 2 days Paralegal […]
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TAMA Foundation Universal, a Policy Think Tank based in Tamale, in the Northern Region of Ghana has trained over 300 Community members and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in natural resources governance across the five regions of the north. The move was to equip them with the requisite knowledge to effectively […]
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A one-day forum aimed at promoting the sustainable use and management of mineral resources in Ghana has been held in Tamale. The forum was organized by the Foundation for the Transformation of Marginal Areas (TAMA Foundation) Universal, a non-governmental organisation in collaboration with the Ford Foundation. The meeting brought together […]
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Civil Society Organisations(CSOs) in Natural Resource Governance in Northern Ghana, has urged the government to open up space for a broader conversation around the contentious AGYAPA Royalties Deal which is currently tearing the country apart. The Agyapa Royalties Deal started two (2) years ago when the Minerals Income Investment Fund […]
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Environment based Civil Society Organizations Savanna Research and Advocacy Network (SRAN) and Foundation for the Transformation of Marginal Areas (TAMA) have accused Earl International Mining company formerly Shaanxi for what they described as inhumane treatment on residents of Obuasi, a suburb of Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper […]
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A one-day forum aimed at promoting the sustainable use and management of mineral resources in Ghana has been held in Tamale. The forum was organized by the Foundation for the Transformation of Marginal Areas (TAMA Foundation) Universal, a non-governmental organisation in collaboration with the Ford Foundation. The meeting brought together […]
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Tamale, Dec. 3, GNA – The Intamafoundation.orggratamafoundation.orgd Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has launched the “Maaro-Noyine Elections Monitoring Portal” to help citizens to report and capture possible electoral violence and other irregularities. The portal, which can receive both image and audio reports, is to help election managers […]
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