Mining
TWN Africa is supporting the development of community based organisations of thousands of Ghanaian villagers affected by gold mining in three of the countries ten regions. It also collaborates with a legal aid NGO to support litigation for compensation brought by hundreds of farmers against a number of mining companies in Ghana. TWN-Africa is also supporting the capacity building of NGOs interested in mining issues in Sierra Leone. At the international level the unit has active links with advocacy groups around the world, especially in the home countries of companies engaged in mining in Africa.

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Statement of the 9th Annual Africa Initiative on Mining, Environment, and Society (AIMES) strategic meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone
NCOM STATEMENT AT TECHERE JUNE 22ND, 2007
Afrique: sous le poids de l’abondance
Là où la richesse du sous-sol signifie la pauvreté
En Solidarité avec une population oubliée
La pauvreté au milieu de l’abondance
Statement by CSOs on Extractive Industry/Human Rights in Africa
An Assemblyman Speaks about Living in a Community, with AngloGold Ashanti
"Pay Us Our Compensation"-- Farmers from Awonsuono near Ntotroso demands of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Newmont Vehicle Knocks Down Mother of Two

A Call for Action by the People of Etwiebo, Akoti and Chirano on the Negative Effects of the Operations of Chirano Gold Mines
Fact Sheet to Parliament on NCOM
AIMES Guiding Principles
More Losses for Africa’s Mining Sector
MESSAGE IN SOLIDARITY WITH COMMUNITIES IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION, NIGERIA
AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSOs) CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO REGULATE CANADIAN MINING COMPANIES OPERATING INTERNATIONALLY
Call for Papers for a September Meeting in Nigeria
National Coalition on Mining Meets CHRAJ Over Mining Abuses
For Immediate Release--> Greenpeace Co-Founder is a Culprit...
AIMES calls on African governments not to support controversial projects
STATEMENT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMUNITIES ON GHANA’S MINERALS AND MINING BILL 2005
Press Release-->Field Officer Sheds More Light on Drowning in NEWMONT-created Dam
Economic Development in Africa: Rethinking the Role of Foreign Direct Investment. (The Case of the Mining Sector)
AIMES Call for Concerted Action to Save Africa’s Extractive Sector
VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MINING ON OBUASI AND SATELLITE COMMUNITIES AUGUST 24TH TO 25TH, 2005, KUMASI, GHANA
Foreign direct investment, local direct impacts
Obuasi's Poisoned Fruit
Mining reforms in Mali leave the country poorer
Ashanti Goldfields Obuasi mine: a legacy betrayed
Editorial : Obuasi Research Unearths Devastating Truths
APPEAL TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO DELAY THE PASSAGE ON THE MINERALS AND MINING BILL FOR FURTHER AND WIDER CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS
Investissement Direct Étranger, et Impacts Directs
La Mine d’Obuasi d’Ashanti Goldfields: une belle promesse
Les réformes du secteur minier au Mali laissent le pays plus pauvre
Les fruits empoisonnés d’Obuasi
La recherche d’Obuasi révèle des vérités dévastatrices
Press Release:"High Levels of Offshore Retention, low Levels of Royalty Rates Hinder Africa"
Press Release:High Levels of Offshore Retention, low Levels of Royalty Rates Hinder Africa
Press Release:High Levels of Offshore Retention, low Levels of Royalty Rates Hinder Africa
Press Release: TWN-Af Meets Minister of Mines
Press Release: TWN-AF Meets Minister of Mines
Newmont Under Pressure for Pollution

The Ruthlessness of Mining Companies in Ghana
Negligence Of Public Institutions Helps Canadian Company Plunder Ghana, Leaving Behind Environmental Mess, Dispossessed Communities, Debts To Workers, State And Private Companies
Statement of the Africa Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society (AIMES)
Petition Against the Payment of Crop Compensation by Newmont Gold Mining Company Ltd - Kenyasi
Robbing the Poor for the Rich: Communities Waking up to the Truth
Newmont Boss Presents Straight-Faced Joke to Ghana’s President
Putting the first last - the case of public hearing at Kubi, Ghana
PRESS STATEMENT: Protest and Condemnation of Harassment of some activists and NGOs
Surface Mining & Sustainable Development: A HOAX
TRESPASSING THE TRANSPARENCY TEST
Guinean Civil Society Call For Transparency In Mining
National Coalition of Civil Society Groups Against Mining in Ghana’s Forest Reserves
CYANIDE SPILLAGE AGAIN - Communities live in fear, panic
PRESS RELEASE from CECIDE
MINING HAS DONE GHANA NO GOOD
GHANA OPENS DOOR FOR MINING IN FOREST RESERVES
AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY POSITION maputo position
BROAD-BASED SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CHARTER FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINING INDUSTRY
STATEMENT BY AIMES ON MINING
The second environmental disaster in six years