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WACAM Wants Gov’t To Internalise ECOWAS Directives On Mining

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The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), human rights and environmental mining advocacy Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) has urged government to internalize the provisions of the ECOWAS directives on mining in the country. It said the “Free Prior and Informed Consent Principle and the Polluter Pays Principle”, which were provisions of the ECOWAS … Read more

Gov’t Urged To Enforce ECOWAS Directive On Mining

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The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM),a human rights and environmental mining advocacy Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) has urged government to internalise the provisions of the ECOWAS directives on mining in Ghana. It said the “Free Prior and Informed Consent Principle and the Polluter Pays Principle”, which were provisions of the ECOWAS directives … Read more