Illegal mining is a severe environmental crime, one of the most damaging, rapidly expanding, and profitable criminal activities globally. It mostly refers to mining activities that violate regulatory laws, in restricted areas, and with prohibited equipment and chemicals (Kurylo, 2024). These activities have occasioned environmental damage, as espoused by the United Nations Environment Programme, as the deterioration of the environment through the depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife. Equally, the Environment and Resource Authority assert that "environmental...
Young people should lead global transformation and innovation. Empowered, they can be the key agent for development and peace. If they are left on society's margins, everyone will be impoverished. Let us ensure that all young people have every opportunity to participate fully in the lives of their societies (Annan, 2015). According to the United Nations Development Programme (2014), 87 per cent of young women and men living in developing countries face challenges brought about by limited and unequal access to resources, healthcare, education, training, employment, and economic, social...
The issue of inequality, poverty, and social injustice in Ghana is structurally ingrained. This systemic problem has been exacerbated by the growing rate of unemployment among the teeming youth who form the majority of the population coupled with bad economic and social policies of government. Though successive governments have made efforts in the provision of basic services and access to social benefits, the efforts have not made enough inroads in bridging the inequality in the system because they are inequitably distributed. Oxfam International (n.d) posits that inequality is making...
Youth may be explained as the period in the life of a person, usually between the ages of 15 to 35, during which character and personality are shaped, attitudes and values are developed, and skills are acquired for personal, societal, and national development. They are the crop of people who constitute the future of a country; hence, their development is a priority for most countries. The story here in Ghana is that of a cliché or lip service on the part of the government. Klu (2010) argued that previous...
