For years, Ghana's mining communities have lived the classic resource curse. Gold is mined in Tarkwa, Obuasi and Kenyasi, but human rights abuses, environmental destruction, loss of livelihoods, health hazards and social decay are what residents say they get in return.
Contract Mining Directive: How Minerals Commission’s push for local content is creating working poor in mining towns in Ghana
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