Consultations on Ghana’s Lithium Agreement with Barari DV Ghana Limited
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa
2025
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Statement By Hon. Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw in Commemoration of World
Hon. Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw
WILL THE 2026 BUDGET END GALAMSEY
By: Kwadwo Kyei Yamoah, Executive Director: HELP Foundation Africa (+233 244817020) kkyeiyams@gmail.com Ghana’s 2026 Budget, themed “Resetting for Growth, Jobs, and Economic Transformation,” takes several commendable steps to combat illegal mining (galamsey), a crisis threatening water security, forests, and livelihoods. The 2026 Budget contains many positive, concrete measures to fight galamsey: stronger enforcement (NAIMOS &…
Can Ghana’s 2026 Budget Support Sustainable Fisheries and Reduce IUU Fishing
By: Kwadwo Kyei Yamoah, Executive Director: HELP Foundation Africa. Convener: Fisheries Alliance / CSOs SDG 14 Platform, (+233 244817020) kkyeiyams@gmail.com. Executive Summary Ghana’s fisheries sector supports over 3 million livelihoods and provides more than 60 percent of national animal protein. Yet the sector faces a severe decline in fish stocks due to Illegal, Unreported and…
HELP Foundation Africa Calls for National Security Action to Clear Armed Galamsey Gangs and Protect EPA, NAIMOS, and Journalists
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa
MOB ATTACKS ON NAIMOS
The mob attacks in anti-galamsey enforcement are not spontaneous community reactions. They are often the product of calculated strategic mobilization by kingpins and political activists, because of anticipated immunity from sanction. Until incentives shift to increase the cost of interference and reduce the political value of defending galamsey, such behaviour is likely to persist. The…
TRACKING OF THE KEY ACTIONS BY THE NDC GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS GALAMSEY IN GHANA FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2025.
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa
How Galamsey Affects Fisheries in Ghana
Illegal mining (Galamsey) in Ghana is having serious and multifaceted negative effects on fisheries, from the rivers and estuaries inland all the way to coastal marine systems. Overall, galamsey undermines fisheries by polluting waters, destroying habitats, reducing fish reproduction and survival, and reducing incomes and food security. The effects are felt inland (in rivers) and…