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The respected journalist pointed out that various governments have been too lenient with foreigners, particularly the Chinese, who are deeply involved in galamsey.
Galamsey refers to illegal mining activities that cause significant damage to Ghana’s water resources and land.
These foreign miners are often treated lightly, while Ghanaian illegal miners and those from other African countries face much harsher punishments.
Manasseh argues that this difference in how people are treated by the governments highlights a form of racism directed at Ghanaians and other Africans, taking place right in their own continent.
“In 2021, my team applied to the Ghana Prisons Service and obtained data on inmates in Ghana’s prisons. The data included the nationality of the prisoners serving in Ghana’s prisons. It revealed that only ONE Chinese national was in our prisons.”
“His offence was not named. (Perhaps he committed a crime against a private person, even his fellow Chinese here). This was shocking because, years and months preceding our request for the information, hundreds of Chinese had been arrested for illegal mining in Ghana.”
“At the same time, hundreds of Ghanaians, Nigerians, Burkinabes, and other Africans were serving jail terms for illegal mining. In one instance reported in the news, the judge ordered that after serving their jail terms for illegal mining, the Nigerians jailed 20 years each should be deported,” he wrote on his X page.
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