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Deputy Roads Minister commissions newly constructed Offin River Bridge in Atwima Mponua
The Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Alhassan Suhuyini, has commissioned a new bridge over the Offin River in the Atwima Mponua District of...
About 838 changfans decommissioned on Offin River [Photos]
Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister in charge of Mines, George Mireku Duker, has decommissioned about 838 changfans and tools being used by illegal...
Chief bars community members from crossing Offin River after four went missing in the...
The Chief of New Achiase, Nana Kwambi Kufour I, has barred community members from crossing the Offin River until the water subsides or bigger...
Vice President moves to facilitate steel bridge construction over Offin River
Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang is taking steps to address a long-standing cultural and infrastructural challenge that has prevented schoolgirls in communities across...
Concerned miners taskforce destroys 40 Chang Fa boats on River Offin
The Taskforce of the National Concerned Small Scale Miners Association has destroyed 40 Chang Fa machines on the Abompe end of the River Offin...
Concerned small scale miners taskforce leads operations to rid River Offin of illegal mining
The National Concerned Small Scale Miners Association is spearheading efforts to rid tributaries of the River Offin of illegal mining operations.
The exercise involves the...
Two reported missing after canoe accident on Offin River
Two men have been reported missing after a canoe carrying six passengers overturned on the Offin River near Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District.
Daniel...
Police investigate drowning of anti-galamsey taskforce officer in Offinso River
The Ghana Police Service has launched an investigation into the tragic death of General Constable John Kwabena Dogbey, a member of the Central North...
Policeman drowns in River Offin during galamsey operation
A policeman on Wednesday morning drowned in the River Offin at Assin Asaman while participating in an operation against illegal mining (galamsey).
The body identified...
EPA confiscates three excavators on Offin River
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has moved to halt mining operations along the tributaries of the Offin River at Pasoro in the Ashanti Region.
The...
2 arrested for mining close to Offin River
Two persons have been arrested for mining illegally on one of the tributaries of the Offin River which serves the Barekese Dam in the...
One person still missing after canoe capsises on River Offin
One person is still missing after a canoe carrying 11 illegal miners capsized at the Assin Ewusem stretch of River Offin.
Since the incident, which...
One dead as canoe carrying illegal miners capsizes on river Offin
Residents of Assin Ewusem in the Central region are in shock after a canoe carrying eleven illegal miners, also known as "galamseyers," capsized on...
I sold River Offin farmland to Aisha Huang for mining – Witness
The sixth prosecution witness in the trial of Aisha Huang has testified that he sold his farmland close to River Offin to the accused...
Two teenagers involved in galamsey drown in River Offin
A teenager has drowned and another missing in the Offin River after they dived into the river in an attempt to escape Forestry Officials...
Activities of Aisha Huang polluted Offin, other rivers – Witness tells court
A farmer, Timothy Teye Ali, has told an Accra High Court how the alleged illegal mining activities of En Huang, aka, Aisha Huang led...
Joy News’ Joojo Cobbinah, NGO sue govt over River Offin menstruation taboo
JoyNews' Features Editor Joojo Cobbinah and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHDRA), an NGO, have sued government over its failure...
Illegal miners arrested; mining equipment destroyed on River Offin [Photos]
About nine illegal miners have been arrested and their equipment decommissioned on River Offin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
They...
3 miners drown in River Offin after canoe capsized
Three miners have drowned in the Offin river at Manso Keniago in the Amansie south district of the Ashanti Region.
The victims died after...
Revealed: Why canoe capsised on River Offin [Audio]
Initial findings on the drowning incident at Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District point to the canoe being overloaded.
Four people, who were part of...
Ambulance driver shot dead by robbers buried in ‘strange’ coffin
An Ambulance driver, who was shot dead by robbers while conveying a pregnant woman, has been buried.
Senior Emergency Medical Technician, Abraham Tetteh, died on...
Offinso River accident driver in trouble over 36 instead of 12 passengers
Edmund Nyamekye, the District Commander for Offinso Divisional Motor Transport Traffic Department (MTTD), has disclosed that the driver of the mini-bus transporting the young...
GFA ExCO donates monthly allowance to Offinso River accident victims
The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has taken a decision to donate its monthly allowance for the month of September 2020...
Six footballers perish as car lands in Offinso River
Six young players have died in a vehicle accident which occurred Saturday at Offinso in the Ashanti region.
The children aged between 12 and15 were...
Drone pilot drowns in Offin River
A drone pilot working under the Sustainable Land and Water Management Program with the Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation in the Ashanti...
Photos: 60 year-old man, son drown in river Offin
A 60-year-old father and his son have drowned in river Offin after the canoe they were crossing on to their farm capsized at Nnerebehi...
Mother loses two girls, father loses son in River Offin canoe tragedy
Four more bodies have been retrieved from the River Offin in which seven people drowned last Saturday.
The bodies includie a 9-year old girl and...
12-month-old baby, 12 others drown in River Offin
13 people, including a one-year-old, have drowned in River Offin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
The victims who are farmers were...
14 galamsey machines burnt on River Offin
A police and Anti Illegal Mining Joint Taskforce of the Small Scale Miners Association in the Ashanti region have raided three mining communities in...
Two burnt to death, others battling for their lives after accident at Offinso
Two people have been burnt to death in a road accident at Offinso Old Town in the Ashanti Region, with two others currently fighting...
Ghana’s rivers tell the story of our failure in galamsey fight – Erastus Asare...
Multiple award-winning investigative journalist with the Multimedia Group, Erastus Asare Donkor, has expressed deep concern over the worsening state of Ghana’s river bodies due...
Dunkwahene urges drivers to prioritize passenger safety as harmattan approaches
The Dunkwahene, Okoforobour Obeng Nuako III, of the Upper Denkyira East Municipality in the Central Region, has urged drivers to prioritize passenger safety and...
CDM demands state of emergency on galamsey as rivers face collapse
The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has called for urgent and extraordinary measures to tackle illegal mining, warning that Ghana’s rivers, forests, and farmlands...
Improved turbidity in key rivers shows progress in galamsey fight – Sammy Gyamfi
Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi, has defended the government’s fight against illegal mining, known as galamsey, saying recent water quality data shows...
Mate escapes death as truck carrying 600 bags of cement plunges into Tano River
A DAF long truck transporting about 600 bags of cement plunged into the Tano River on the Techiman–Kumasi Highway on Tuesday after an attempt...
Galamsey: ‘A betrayal of Ghana’s rivers’ – CDM blasts Mahama over inaction
The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has issued a strong condemnation of President John Dramani Mahama’s administration, accusing it of a gross failure to...
34-year-old taxi driver arrested for allegedly killing his 23-year-old girlfriend
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old taxi driver over the alleged murder of his long-time girlfriend at Abuakwa in the Ashanti...
EPA confiscates three excavators in a move to enforce directive to halt mining in...
The Environmental Protection Authority has moved to halt mining operations along the tributaries of the Offin River at Pasoro in the Ashanti Region.
The EPA...
Akropong Circuit Court jails driver for 5 years for stealing truck
The Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District has sentenced a 44-year-old driver to five years in prison for stealing a...
Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland, and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining...
Estimated $2bn Lost in Missed Taxes from Environmentally Destructive Practice Some Blame on Political Corruption
Felicity Nelson remembers her 17-day detention last September vividly.
The 34-year-old...