Preparations are underway in Accra, Ghana for an anti-galamsey march organized by the citizen group FixTheCountry. Citizens are calling for the immediate closure of illegal mining operations and thorough investigations to hold powerful individuals involved in the menace accountable. ‘Galamsey’ is a Ghanaian word that refers to illegal gold mining done by large and small scale miners. Some older people sell their lands to illegal mining companies because they lack other income sources, even though their payment is usually low. When Nana Akufo-Addo became president in 2017, he pledged to risk his presidency to fight galamsey.