Correspondence from Michael Oberteye, Eastern Region Some communities along the Accra-Kumasi highway are under siege from illegal mining activities.
The worst affected appears to be the stretch between Osino and Anyinam in the Eastern Region, with brazen mining ongoing across both sides of the highway.
Passengers travelling from either side watch in disbelief through their windows as dirt-bathed young men operate all manner of mining equipment just a few metres from the edge of the road in a desperate and unlawful bid to extract gold from the earth.
It appears the blatant nature in which some illegal miners ply their trade is more worrying than many assumed.
