{
  "id": 11425138,
  "title": "Schandorf Writes: Is galamsey fight lost? An open letter to Oliver Barker-Vormawor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/schandorf-writes-is-galamsey-fight-lost-an-open-letter-to-oliver",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:23:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/schandorf-writes-is-galamsey-fight-lost-an-open-letter-to-oliver-barker-vormawor/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In this open letter to Oliver Barker-Vormawor, Schandorf argues that the fight against galamsey in Ghana is not lost, despite Barker-Vormawor's recent claim to the contrary. Schandorf asserts that the crisis has been ongoing for years and cannot be reversed overnight, and that the government's efforts to combat the issue are ongoing and not yet yielding the desired results. He points to the example of excavators, which were previously being imported without proper oversight, but now face strict regulations and are sitting idle at ports due to lack of justification for entry. Schandorf emphasizes that the continued existence of a problem does not prove that the fight against it has failed, and that the fight against galamsey is still being actively pursued by those in authority.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}