West Africa: Threats From Illegal Miners Forced Me Into Exile – Ghanaian Environmental Journalist Narrates Ordeal

Ghanaian Environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor of the Multimedia Group has disclosed that he had to flee Ghana before the country’s 2024 elections due to life-threatening intimidation in relation to his investigative reports on illegal mining, popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’.

On February 1, 2025, he recounted his ordeal on Accra-based JoyNews‘ Newsfile programme, detailing the challenges that compelled him to leave Ghana. Erastus revealed that his persistent exposés on illegal mining…