including the Akan people of West Africa and the kingdom of Ghana, leveraged their access to gold by trading an ounce of this precious metal for an ounce of salt. These trade routes spanned the ...

European powers began trading for gold ... in Ghana was a slave fortress that played a large part in the capture and transportation of enslaved Africans. Profitable trade in West Africa led ...

GOLD from small scale mining in Ghana totalled 1.2 million ounces in the first seven months of this year – more than in the whole of 2023, said Reuters which cited data from the West African country’s ...

Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick ... devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has spread like wildfire in the resource-rich West African state. Mercury is increasingly ...

Hundreds of people marched through Ghana’s capital Accra on Friday ... to voters that will elect the next president of the West African gold- and cocoa-producing nation. Outgoing President ...

The Trades Union Congress’ planned strike represented the biggest escalation of a movement to clamp down on illegal gold mining that’s caused severe environmental damage in the West African ...

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 ...

People walk in front of closed shops as traders lock up their stores in protest of Ghana’s worsening economic ... the first easing since January. The West African gold and cocoa producer ...

This regional effort aims to eliminate barriers to business and social connectivity, creating seamless integration across West African countries. Talks are also underway between Liberia and Ghana ...

The West African Elders Forum (WAEF) commenced its pre-election assessment mission in Accra, Ghana, on Monday ... malfeasance in Africa. Using photos, text, and video dynamically, the site ...