Global Citizen
FT:Â How illegal gold mining is fuelling a chocolate shortage
Ghanaian farmers are ditching cocoa to dig for bullion and driving up global prices
Key topics
- Farmers abandon cocoa for gold, worsening global chocolate shortages.
- Illegal mining devastates land, water, and livelihoods in Ghana.
- Political elites accused of backing destructive gold rush.
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By Aanu Adeoye in Atiwa West and Osino and Susannah Savage in London
Ghanaian farmers are ditching cocoa to dig for bullion and driving up global prices
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