{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ghanamma.com","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024","author_name":"Ghana News","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/","title":"Galamsey polluting Ankobra river, poisoning locals - Ghanamma.com","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"S7MiHYLm7A\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/galamsey-polluting-ankobra-river-poisoning-locals\/\">Galamsey polluting Ankobra river, poisoning locals<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/galamsey-polluting-ankobra-river-poisoning-locals\/embed\/#?secret=S7MiHYLm7A\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Galamsey polluting Ankobra river, poisoning locals&#8221; &#8212; Ghanamma.com\" data-secret=\"S7MiHYLm7A\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Elizabeth Aluva Vaah, the Convener of the Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group, has sounded a distressing alarm about the state of river bodies in the Western Region and beyond, attributing the degradation to illegal mining activities, colloquially known as \u201cGalamsey.\u201d In an interview with Bernard Avle on The Point of View on Citi TV, Vaah voiced [&hellip;]"}