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They ignored orders to vacate the site – Assemblyman speaks on Atta ne Atta...
The Assemblyman for the Apremede-Oseikrom Electoral Area, Mannah Mustapha, has stated that the landowner had earlier asked illegal miners to vacate the site before...
“Tax for galamsey” investigations near completion — Paa Kwesi Schandorf
The Media Relations Officer at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has revealed that investigations into levies allegedly imposed on...
Mother, three children drown in abandoned galamsey pit at Wassa Dankwa
A 42-year-old woman and her three sons have drowned in an abandoned illegal mining pit at Wassa Dunkwa in the Amenfi West Municipality of...
Nine reported dead, 4 in critical condition after galamsey pit collapses at Atta ne...
Nine young men have died following a galamsey pit collapse at Atta ne Atta in the Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region.
Four others...
Political influence turned galamsey into a monster – Former CJ Sophia Akuffo
Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo says illegal mining, aka galamsey, spiralled out of control when people with political influence turned it into a vehicle...
Galamsey: 38, including teenagers, arrested in Birim North
The Eastern South Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has intensified the crackdown on illegal mining, arresting 38 individuals during a targeted intelligence-led...
Fight against galamsey: Over 114 cases pending in court — Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his administration’s determination to combat illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, warning that the practice continues to threaten...
Police vow to enforce court order against ‘Stop Galamsey’ demo today
The Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed it will enforce a High Court directive barring the planned “Stop Galamsey” demonstration scheduled for Friday, February...
Galamsey: 500 Excavators seized, 490 locked at Tema Port – Lands Minister
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has announced that the government has confiscated nearly a thousand excavators linked to illegal...
Pupils ditch school for galamsey in Juaboso – Deputy Education Director
The Deputy Education Director of Sefwi Juaboso, Eric Agyare Ansah, has revealed that a growing number of school-going children in the district are abandoning...
Court remands galamsey operator for wife’s murder
Nicholas Gyekyey, a 22-year-old galamsey operator, alias “Town Boy”, has been remanded into police custody by the District Magistrate Court in Enchi for allegedly murdering his wife, Erica Ocansey.
His plea has not been taken, and he...
Oppong Nkrumah sues Baba Jamal Konneh over “galamsey” claims
Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has filed a defamation suit at the Accra High Court against Jamal Konneh, Deputy Managing Director (Operations) of the...
Galamsey: Ntotroso Chief urges Newmont to support community mining
The Paramount Chief of Ntotroso and President of the Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs, Barima Twereko Ampem III, has appealed to Newmont Gold Ghana...
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...
Catholic Bishops back calls for probe into JoyNews ‘galamsey tax’ exposé
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for an independent investigation into allegations of institutionalised corruption in illegal mining operations, following an undercover documentary...
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...
Atwima Kwanwoma Assembly begins reclamation of abandoned galamsey pits at Nweneso III
The Atwima Kwanwoma Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with the Minerals Development Fund (MDF) and Danmark Prime Company Limited, has commenced a major land reclamation...
NAIMOS dismantles galamsey base at Chavene in Ahanta West, seizes equipment
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has uncovered and dismantled an illegal mining base at Chavene in the Ahanta West District of the...
Mahama is determined to fight galamsey – Elikem Kotoko
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Elikem Kotoko, has expressed confidence in President John Mahama’s commitment to tackling illegal mining, commonly...
The anger against galamsey is not enough – Ken Ashigbey
The Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Ing. Ken Ashigbey, has called for stronger and more urgent action against illegal mining (galamsey),...
Galamsey: Ken Ashigbey calls for arrest of Tano North MCE over prospective licence issuance
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ing. Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has called for the arrest of the Municipal Chief Executive...
Cocoa price cut could fuel galamsey – CDM warns
The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has warned that the reduction of the cocoa producer price to GH¢2,587 per 64kg bag could undermine national...
It’s unfortunate and disturbing – Akwatia MP reacts to ‘galamsey tax’ exposé
The Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has expressed concern over the recent JoyNews Hotline documentary titled "A Tax for Galamsey,"...
Socodevi worried over threat of galamsey on cocoa farms
The country director of Socodevi, a Canadian non-governmental organization committed to improving the lives of farmers through sustainable and inclusive cooperatives, has bemoaned the...
JoyNews to host national dialogue on district assemblies’ role in galamsey fight
JoyNews will on Thursday, February 12, 2026, host a national dialogue examining whether Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) represent the weakest link...
You have lost your moral voice – John Awuah slams CSOs over galamsey
John Awuah, President of the Ghana Association of Banks, has criticised Ghana’s civil society organisations (CSOs), accusing them of losing credibility and moral authority...
With galamsey still ongoing, who is buying the gold? — Oppong Nkrumah questions government
The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi in the Eastern Region, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has posed a pointed question to the John Dramani Mahama–led...
Mahama orders investigation into ‘galamsey tax’ in Amansie Central
President John Mahama has directed the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, to immediately investigate allegations that the Amansie Central...
Lands Ministry vows action on Amansie Central ‘galamsey tax’ exposé
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has announced plans to investigate allegations of extortion allegedly fuelling illegal mining activities in the Amansie Central...
Amansie Central Assembly sets records straight on ‘galamsey tax’
The Amansie Central District Assembly has rejected claims that it created a system to profit from illegal mining, insisting that revenue collection from operators...
We’re not encouraging galamsey — Amansie Central Presiding Member on ‘galamsey tax’
Presiding Member of the Amansie Central District Assembly, Isaac Osei Duah, has defended the collection of fees from licensed miners in the district, insisting...
A tax for galamsey: Security operatives aware, part of taskforce – Amansie Central PM
The Presiding Member of the Amansie Central District Assembly in the Ashanti Region, Isaac Osei Duah, has stated that security operatives are fully aware...
Gov’t vows action against officials implicated in galamsey tax exposé
The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has assured Ghanaians that all individuals found culpable in the alleged illegal...
A tax for galamsey: JoyNews exposé links DCE to GH₵6,000 ‘galamsey fees’
A chilling exposé by JoyNews’ Hotline Documentary has uncovered a sophisticated pay-to-destroy syndicate operating in the heart of the Amansie Central District in the...
A tax for galamsey: The extortion racket fueling illegal mining [Video]
A Tax for Galamsey is a Hotline investigative documentary that exposes how illegal mining in Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region is no...
Chief Justice flags Chinese involvement in galamsey, calls for stronger institutional collaboration
The Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has expressed concern over the increasing involvement of foreign nationals, particularly Chinese, in illegal mining activities across the country,...
Wontumi Galamsey Trial: State to oppose no-case submission – Srem Sai
The Deputy Attorney-General, Justice Srem Sai, has outlined the prosecution’s next steps in the ongoing trial involving Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic...
Galamsey Fight: Lands Minister inspects 320 reclaimed hectares at Manso Nyankomanse, pledges 2026 land...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has inspected the successful reclamation of 320 hectares of mined-out sites at Manso Nyankomanse...
Cocoa farmers are frustrated, galamsey taking over – 2018 Best Farmer warns [Listen]
The 2018 Best Farmer and a cocoa farmer, Nana Charles Adu-Gyamfi, has warned that illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey, could completely take...