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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edward Acquah

Residents turn to community patrols as illegal gold mining grows in Ghana

As day broke in a remote part of western Ghana, a priest, farmers and other residents combed through the forests, looking for signs of illegal gold mining.

They have done this for the past year as part of a grassroots task force created to combat the mining that has poisoned rivers in one of the world's largest gold producing countries.

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