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Sefwi-Akontombra Member of Parliament(MP), Alex Tetteh Djornobuah has said the House is yet to receive the Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462 which allows mining in...

Asante-Akim North Member of Parliament (MP) Andy Appiah-Kubi has admitted that the House failed in passing Legislative Instrument (LI) 2462, which allows mining activities...

The Attorney General (AG) has directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which allows mining in forest reserves, to...

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has pledged to end mining in forest reserves if elected in the upcoming...

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, says that if elected into office, he will amend the law to end the cycle...

The Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil says the state should not enforce the law on responsible mining.According to him, there should be a...

Three National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) have initiated a Private Members’ Bill aimed at repealing Section 3(2) of the Environmental Protection...

The government has presented a new Legislative Instrument (LI) to Parliament aimed at revoking previous regulations that permitted mining activities in these sensitive areas.The Environmental...

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declared an indefinite strike, effective October 10, 2024, following an overwhelming vote in favour of industrial...

The government has agreed to revoke the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations, 2023 (L. I. 2462) as part of a new move...

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Ghana Federation of Labour, Kenneth Koomson, has announced that the government has agreed to revoke Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462,...

The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) has expressed its concern over the harmful effects of illegal mining on forest reserves and water...

Research staff are urging the immediate reconvening of Parliament to repeal Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, known as the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves)...

The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), the country’s leading learned society, has called for urgent action from Parliament to revoke the Environmental...

February 23, 2023, was a day of reckoning for Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources.Mr Jinapor, who is also the...

Some Ghanaian Facebook users have expressed outrage over the removal of posts about The Fourth Estate's latest exposé on a scramble by some government...

When the government on June 9, 2023, rallied Ghanaians to plant trees as part of the Greening Ghana campaign, the Chief Executive of the...

Convenor for the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr Ken Ashigbey, is not pleased with the delay in prosecuting officials of Akonta Mining involved in...

As the 2024 election draws nearer, some policies of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) appear to be sending shivers down the spine of some...

The founder and leader of the Movement for Change, Alan Kyerematen, has said there will not be any mining in water bodies and forest...

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has promised the prohibition of granting mining concessions in forest reserves when his party is...

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey and OccupyGhana are demanding the promulgation of a law that forbids the grant of any mining or drilling permit,...

President of the National House of Chiefs has hit back at critics over the government’s decision to destroy equipment used in illegal mining operations in...

The Forestry Commission says over 800 illegal miners have been arrested since 2023, through the joint security taskforce to clamp down on the menace...

Estimated $2bn Lost in Missed Taxes from Environmentally Destructive Practice Some Blame on Political CorruptionFelicity Nelson remembers her 17-day detention last September vividly.The 34-year-old...

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey has delivered a damning assessment of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s handling of illegal mining, known locally as galamsey,...

Dr. Tony Aubynn, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, is calling on small-scale mining leaders in Obuasi to support the National...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) campaign committee on mining is confident the party's outlined policies have the potential to transform small-scale mining in the...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South Constituency in the Volta Region, Dzifa Abla Gomashie has reiterated the need for the fight against...

As the government intensifies the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of...

Sanitation Minister, Lydia Seyram Alhassan has appealed to stakeholders to unite and develop a holistic solution devoid of politics to combat illegal mining.She said...

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has refuted claims that the current government has issued an excessive number of mining...

Management and workers of the Tarkwa Community Mining have called on the government to resist ongoing calls for a blanket ban on mining operations,...

The Minerals Commission has expressed opposition to suspending the issuance of mining licenses as a strategy to curb illegal mining, arguing that delays in...

Professor of Business and Society and Research Lead at the School of Business and Law, Buckinghamshire New University, UK, has added his voice to...

The Deputy Eastern Regional Organizer of the National Democratic Congress, David Dakudzi has hit back at the NPP for claiming the NDC was orchestrating...

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has announced that his next administration will conduct a comprehensive audit of all mining...

Running mate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has pledged that a government led by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will put...

Claim: Dennis Miracle Aboagye, the Spokesperson of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 Campaign, says Akonta Mining Ltd, a company owned by the party’s Ashanti regional...

Like many countries, Ghana faces many challenges, but one of the most urgent is the threat posed by illegal mining, widely known as "galamsey."While...