Kubekuro, Ghana, lies only 500 metres from the mining site of the Canadian firm Golden Star Resources. The blasting of the mining operation vibrates the ground, cracking the buildings of Kubekuro, and engulfing the community in dust.
After roughly a decade of this, the company has never sent an official to observe these impacts, despite numeous complaints from the community.
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- Nana Kwabena Atobrah, the chief of Kubekuro, stands in front of his house, which has been damaged by the blasting of Golden Star Resources’ gold mining operation. The community has never recieved compensation for these damages.
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- A man in Kubekuro, Ghana, points to the building damage which he alleges is caused by the daily blasting of Golden Star Resources’ gold mining operation.
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- A man in Kubekuro, Ghana, points to the building damage caused by the daily blasting of Golden Star Resources’ gold mining operation
