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NAIMOS taskforce rejects GHC119k bribe, arrests galamsey kingpins in Bekwai
The Taskforce of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining activities in the Ashanti Region, carrying out...
Bekwai forest response team burns ‘galamsey’ equipment at Apamprama reserve
The rapid response team of the Bekwai Forest District has set fire to an excavator, changfan machines, and water pump machines at the Apamprama...
Asantehene destools Bekwai-Abodom chief over ‘galamsey’ allegations
The Chief of Bekwai-Abodom, Nana Saforo Koto, has allegedly been destooled by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
According to reports, the destoolment is a...
NAIMOS to begin 24-hour surveillance at galamsey flashpoints
The Lands Ministry has announced that the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) will begin full-scale, 24-hour surveillance at illegal mining hotspots across the...
Man dies in galamsey pit collapse at Chirano
A 34-year-old man, Obed Asamoah, has reportedly died following the collapse of a galamsey pit at Chirano in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality of the Western...
NAIMOS taskforce intensifies anti-galamsey crackdowns in Ashanti Region
The NAIMOS taskforce deployed in the Ashanti Region defied the past weekend’s Valentine Celebrations, turning the heat against the activities of illegal miners who...
Galamsey: NDC Deputy Youth Organiser arrested over missing seized excavators in Bibiani-Anhwiaso
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Deputy Youth Organiser for Bibiani-Anhwiaso, Adams Smith, has been arrested by the Ghana Police Service over his alleged involvement...
Man, 25, drowns in abandoned galamsey pit at Bogyawe
A 25-year-old man has drowned in an abandoned illegal mining (galamsey) pit at Bogyawe in the Bekwai Municipal area of the Ashanti Region.
The incident...
Two drown in galamsey pit at Subri Nkwanta
Two young men have drowned in a galamsey pit at Subri Nkwanta in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region.
The deceased have been...
Bekwai Circuit Court remands 28 Chinese nationals, 3 Ghanaians over illegal mining
The Bekwai Circuit Court, presided over by Isaac Appiatu, has remanded 31 suspected illegal miners—28 Chinese nationals and three Ghanaians—into police custody for two...
Gov’t launches responsible cooperative mining programme in Bibiani to tackle galamsey
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has launched the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme in Bibiani, Western North Region, as part...
Galamsey: Minister confirms fresh invasion of Jimirah Forest Reserve
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has confirmed that armed illegal miners have returned to the Jimirah Forest Reserve and the Offinso Shelterbelt.
Dr....
Galamsey: IGP’s special taskforce seizes seven excavators in Ahiwren
The IGP’s Special Anti-Galamsey Task Force has seized seven excavators in a raid on illegal mining camps in Ahiwren, a small community in the...
Galamsey: I will resign if… – Yakubu Abanga
The Third National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yakubu Abanga, has declared his willingness to resign from his position if investigations...
Galamsey: A-G’s directive to EOCO may be well-intended, but needless – Franklin Cudjoe
The President of policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has criticised the Attorney General and Minister of Justice’s directive to the Economic and...
Yamin is not involved in galamsey – Mustapha Gbande fires back [Video]
Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has dismissed allegations linking him and NDC National Organizer Joseph Yamin to illegal...
NDC executives named in operations of rogue anti-galamsey taskforce, but deny allegations
Some small-scale miners are fingering two national executives of the National Democratic Congress for allegedly fueling fake anti-galamsey taskforces to invade legitimate mining sites...
2 ‘galamseyers’ shot dead, another in critical condition at Subri Nkwanta
Two individuals, including a Chinese national and a Ghanaian driver, have been shot and killed at Subri Nkwanta in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality...
19-year-old dies in a galamsey pit, family suspects foul play
A 19-year-old man, Herod Cobbina, has tragically drowned in a galamsey pit at Sehwi Chiene, a farming community in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality...
Minerals Commission hands over reclaimed galamsey sites to three communities
The Minerals Commission has handed over 175 acres of reclaimed illegal mining (galamsey) sites to three communities in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality of the Western...
Galamsey fight: Court adjourns assault case on JoyNews crew
The case of the assault on a JoyNews crew investigating illegal mining activities at Manso Asumenya in the Ashanti Region was called for the...
5 injured as youth clash with ‘galamseyers’ in Afao forest reserve
Five individuals sustained injuries during a confrontation between residents and illegal miners operating in the Afao Forest Reserve at Sehwi Nkatieso in the Bibiani...
Miner drowns in galamsey pit at Sefwi Asawinso
A tragic incident occurred at Sefwi Asawinso 'A' in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region, where a young miner lost...
3 arrested over assault of JoyNews crew at galamsey site
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the assault on some Luv FM journalists during a report on the illegal mining issue at...
Galamsey: Sehwi Atronsu residents threaten to burn excavators
Residents of Atronsu, a farming community in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region, have called on authorities to halt illegal...
Galamsey: Shoot and kill illegal miners – Joe Wise reiterates
The first Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu,shoot-to-kill strategy as the antidote to ending the galamsey menace.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu,...
Bekwai Forestry Commission arrests 2 illegal miners, burns excavator [Photos+Video]
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The Bekwai Forestry Commission has arrested two persons for destroying trees in the Bosomtwi Range Forest reserve in search of gold.
The duo were arrested...
Political interference fuels galamsey in forest reserves – District Managers cry out
Forest reserves in the country remain under siege by illegal miners in spite of efforts by the rapid response team of the Forestry Commission...
We must explore fighting galamsey with drones and apps – Pianim
Renowned economist Kwame Pianim has urged Ghanaian authorities to leverage digital tools like drones, apps, and even satellites to combat the illegal mining practice...
Galamsey devours Asarekrom; community deity not spared
Asarekrom, a farming community in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, is literally bleeding as the community has been completely taken over...
Bekwai Forestry Commission seizes 3 vehicles, 5 gold detectors and burns 23 changfans
The Bekwai Forestry Commission in an operation in the Oda River and Supuma forest reserves has seized three cars, three motorbikes, and five gold...
Galamsey: Six Chinese, Ghanaian arrested by Operation Halt II
The Operation Halt II team has arrested six suspects found operating at an illegal mining site and also engaging in other poor environmental practices...
Fathers must advise their children to abstain from galamsey – Ashanti Regional Minister
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has said that illicit mining could be easily stopped if fathers intervened and counseled their children about the...
Two teenage girls die in ‘galamsey’ pit
Two teenage girls have been confirmed dead after falling into a 'galamsey' pit at Sanfo-Aduam in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
The two...
12 Chinese nationals in court over ‘galamsey’
The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has granted a GHC300,000.00 bail with three sureties each to 12 Chinese nationals accused of illegal mining also known...
Galamsey equipment in Oda Forest Reserve set on fire
The Forestry Commission (FC) has burnt some mining equipment seized from illegal miners operating within forest reserves in the Ashanti Region.
The equipment include 12...
3 Chinese ‘galamseyers’ denied bail
The Bekwai Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour, Mark Diboro Tairima, has refused a bail application for three Chinese illegal miners.
The suspects identified...
2 Chinese ‘galamseyers’ arrested in Oda Forest Reserve [Video]
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The Ashanti Regional Forestry Commission has arrested two Chinese illegal miners at compartment 127 of the Oda river forest reserve in the Ashanti region.
The...
Galamsey: 14 Regions devastated by illegal mining activities – Dr Solomon Owusu reveals
The Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) problems in Ghana are very challenging, especially as they become intensified and difficult to solve day-by-day. Currently, ASM...
Military men storm Bekwai forest, arrest illegal miners
The Bekwai Forestry Commission and the military, police and Adansi Akrofuom District Assembly Taskforce, have embarked on an operation on the Supuma forest reserve.
According...