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Aerial view of gold mines in the Aowin district, in western Ghana.
GHANA

A gold rush poisons Africa’s El Dorado 

In the heart of the Ghanaian jungle, illegal mines are polluting rivers and making the impoverished population ill. Residents barely share in the profits, which often end up outside the country. Six weeks before the general elections, indignation is rising among the population and protests against unchecked extractivism are growing

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