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The cost of gold: Illegal mining activities destroy water bodies, terrestrial ecosystems
It is said that “water is life”, and rightly so, water bodies are a source of life as communities depend on them largely for their livelihoods. However, many water bodies in Northern Ghana are currently under siege from illegal mining activities that are …