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Mahama using Akufo-Addo’s roadmap – Charles Bissue on galamsey fight
Charles Bissue, former IMCIM secretary, has insisted that Ghana’s current fight against illegal mining is not a matter of new ideas, but of continuity...
Minority blames GoldBod for rise in galamsey activities
The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of contributing to the recent surge in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, following the establishment...
Minority accuses government of encouraging galamsey through GoldBod
The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of indirectly promoting illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, through the establishment of the Ghana Gold...
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...
Galamsey: 22 Togolese arrested in West Gonja
Police in the Savannah Region have apprehended 22 foreign nationals suspected of engaging in illegal mining activities in the West Gonja Municipality.
The suspects, reportedly...
Jungle Warfare School, French Embassy launch anti-galamsey training in Eastern Region
The Jungle Warfare School (JWS), in collaboration with the French Embassy, has launched a three-week anti-illegal mining (galamsey) training programme at the Seth Anthony...
Galamsey: Lands Ministry vows relentless war after shooting of NAIMOS officer
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has affirmed its commitment to the fight against illegal mining, following a violent encounter involving officers of...
NAIMOS officer shot, one assailant killed in Bono Region anti-galamsey operation
A member of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) task force has been shot during a routine anti-galamsey operation in the Dormaa Central...
NAIMOS shuts down galamsey sites at Duayaw Nkwanta
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has carried out a major intelligence-led operation to dismantle illegal mining activities polluting the River Bisi in...
EPA boss urges journalists to stay committed in fight against galamsey
The Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Professor Mrs. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, has called on media practitioners to remain steadfast...
Galamsey: NAIMOS arrests foreign nationals, cleans up Birim River
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) disrupted multiple illegal mining sites, destroyed equipment, and arrested foreign nationals in the Eastern Region.
The operations, conducted...
Judiciary to roll out court decongestion measures, galamsey courts – Chief Justice
Chief Justice Pual Baffoe-Bonnie has announced a series of reforms aimed at decongesting Ghana’s courts, expanding access to justice and strengthening the efficiency of...
NAIMOS cracks down on nighttime galamsey along Ankobrah River
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has disrupted illegal mining activities along the Ankobrah River at Ayiem Juabo in the Amenfi Central District...
Mahama’s first year marked by failure to tackle galamsey – CDM
The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has criticised President John Dramani Mahama’s administration over what it describes as a worsening illegal mining crisis one...
Chief of Sefwi Kwawkrom raises alarm over deaths from abandoned galamsey pits
The Chief of Sefwi Kwawkrom in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region has raised serious concerns over the increasing loss of lives...
Gideon Boako urges NAIMOS to act on Tano North galamsey crisis
The Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr. Gideon Boako, has called on the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) to take urgent action...
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...
Declare targeted state of emergency on galamsey – CFA Executive Director
The Executive Director of Climate Frontier Advocacy (CFA), Dr John Baptist Naah, has called on the government to declare a targeted state of emergency...
Gov’t urged to intensify galamsey fight as it threatens herbal medicine industry
A Member of the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations (GHATFRAM) and Chief Executive Officer of Amega Herbal, Dr. Asiedu Amega, has raised...
Galamsey: Failure to resolve menace could send gov’t to opposition – Dr Asah-Asante
Political Scientist, Dr Asah-Asante, has warned that the government’s inability to effectively deal with illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, could seriously undermine its...
Two feared dead during galamsey protest at Abosso
Two people are feared dead after police intervention during a protest at Abosso near Tarkwa in the Western Region on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
The...
Galamsey: NAIMOS intensifies crackdown in Western and Western North Regions
A special task force from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has carried out a coordinated operation against illegal mining activities in Hiawa,...
Opanka blames unemployment and political complicity for galamsey menace
Ghanaian musician Armstrong Affum, popularly known as Opanka, has blamed unemployment and alleged political involvement for the persistent fight against illegal mining, widely...
Five Chinese arrested as NAIMOS raids galamsey sites along Birim river
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has carried out a major raid on illegal mining activities in Akyem Oda, Birim Central Municipality, resulting...
Galamsey operator sentenced for slashing student with bladeÂ
A galamsey operator at Bompieso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality has been sentenced to one year imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa District Court One for slashing...
Blue Water Guards warned against bribery in galamsey fight
A Minerals Commission board member, Nana Adwoa Foriwah has cautioned the Blue Water Guards against accepting bribes from illegal miners, urging them to...
Galamsey: NAIMOS to sustain nationwide operations through Christmas – Paa Kwesi Schandorf
The Media Relations Officer at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has assured Ghanaians that the National Inter-Ministerial Committee on...
Ghanaians urged to prioritise health amid rising galamsey hazards
A Senior Medical Practitioner at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Prince Aggrey, has urged residents, particularly those in mining communities, to undergo regular medical...
Minority warns President Mahama over galamsey, GoldBod, and environmental collapse
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has warned President John Dramani Mahama that illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, poses a serious threat to Ghana’s...
NAIMOS raids galamsey site behind Kwabeng Anglican SHS, seizes excavators and pay loader
A NAIMOS taskforce deployed to the Eastern Region has disrupted illegal mining activities at Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District, following an operation carried...
Lands Minister commissions 3rd batch of 636 Blue Water Guards; pledges sustained fight against...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has commissioned the third batch of 636 Blue Water Guards as part of the...
Jail corrupt officials in galamsey fight – Haruna Iddrisu to Judiciary
Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Education, has urged the judiciary to impose custodial sentences on public officials and politicians found culpable of engaging in illegal...
Mahama’s first term galamsey crackdown failed due to political leadership – Dr Kokofu
Former Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the initial attempt by President John Mahama to confront illegal small-scale mining failed because...
ECG Ashanti South hit by surge in power theft in galamsey-prone areas
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti South Region has disclosed widespread power theft in galamsey-prone areas, with Obuasi, Manso and Dunkwa...
Kwesi Botchway Jnr requests update from A-G on EOCO galamsey investigations
Private legal practitioner Kwesi Botchway Jnr, Esq., has formally petitioned the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice for an update on investigations into alleged illegal...
Asaman Tamfoe DCE not involved in galamsey – Chief Kwame Koh responds
The Chief of Asaman Tamfoe in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region, Osabarima Kwame Koh, has dismissed allegations linking the District Chief...
Atiwa East: I swear on my life, the DCE is into galamsey – Accuser
A member of the Ankaase Badwam Town Crier Committee in Atiwa East, Daniel Ansah, has alleged that the District Chief Executive (DCE), Ernest Ntim,...
Atiwa East DCE fined GH₵12,000 for contempt in galamsey case
The Koforidua High Court 2 has fined the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Atiwa East in the Eastern Region, Ernest Ntim, GH₵12,000 for contempt...
Galamsey: Forestry Commission arrests 11 persons in Pra Anum Forest Reserve
Twenty-eight officers, drawn from three Rapid Response Teams, together with officers from the Oda Forest District of the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the...