Ghana’s war on illegal mining has failed – we set out to find out why

Gordon Crawford; Gabriel Botchwey

Ghana’s war on illegal mining has failed – we set out to find out why

Gordon Crawford
, Gabriel Botchwey

Research Centre for Peace and Security

University of Education, Winneba

Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Web publication/site

Original language	English
Publisher	The Conversation
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 17 Aug 2025

Keywords

security
military
Illegal mining activities
Judiciary
Ghana
corruption
cronyism
political elite
democracy capture
state capture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)

Themes

Governance, Leadership and Trust

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

https://theconversation.com/ghanas-war-on-illegal-mining-has-failed-we-set-out-to-find-out-why-262644Licence: CC BY

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