Mensah, who reports for AFP, Al Jazeera, and Voice of America (VOA), took to social media to express his concerns, stating that the military had been given ample resources and government support to tackle the menace.
However, the situation has not improved, and the country's natural resources continue to suffer. "What happened to the soldiers?
In 2021, the Defence Minister announced that 200 soldiers had been deployed to protect our water bodies from illegal mining (galamsey).
So what became of that effort?