An award-winning environmental and investigative journalist with the Multimedia Group Limited, Erastus Asare Donkor, has recounted a harrowing experience he and his team faced while covering illegal mining activities in the Asumenya Forest Reserve in the Ashanti Region.
On Sunday, October 20, 2024, they were investigating the alarming resurgence of illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey, and its detrimental effects on local streams feeding into the Ankobra River.
The region, once celebrated for its ecological restoration, has been marred by the activities of illegal miners, prompting Mr Donkor and his team to document the environmental damage.
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