AFC West

Gold, Bazookas And Destruction: Flush Out Politicians, Chiefs & Foreigners In Galamsey!

According to the United Nations, since 1990, at least 18 violent conflicts have been instigated by the exploitation of natural resources, whether ‘high-value’ resources like timber, diamonds, gold, minerals and oil, or scarce ones like fertile land and water’ (UN, 2017). The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stresses that in the last 60 years, at least 40% of all intrastate conflicts have a link to natural resources (UNEP, 2017). The United Nations has mandated a few peacekeeping missions with a view to helping the host country to manage its natural resources efficiently. One such ex…