General News of Sunday, 26 January 2020Source: primenewsghana.comOur fight against illegal mining is having an impact on climate change - Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoPresident Akufo-Addo says Ghana's fight against illegal mining is having an impact on climate change. He outlined some steps adopted by his government in the fight, saying the issues of climate change must be dealt with seriously. This made President Akufo-Addo assent to the new illegal mining law which pegs sentences for offenders between 15 to 25 years. Illegal mining can be a subsistence activity, as is the case with artisanal mining, or it can belong to large-scale organized crime, spearheaded by illegal mining syndicates. The most notable among them was Aisha Huang who was deported after engaging in illegal mining for years in Ghana.

Source: GhanaWeb January 26, 2020 10:07 UTC