Ian Packham reports from West Africa, where illegitimate industry threatens wildlife, contaminates water, toxifies land, and sparks brutal conflicts   ‘The water shouldn’t be this colour’ says my guide to the birthplace of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president – the small town of Nkroful, in the country’s Western Region. The small rivulet where Ghana’s founding father … Continue reading Worth the weight? Illegal gold mines are polluting Ghana