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Boakye Agyarko assures industry of cheap power
The Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has assured the business community that government is working hard to implement reforms in the power sector in...
Gold, guns and China: Ghana’s fight to end galamsey
At the start of April, Ghana’s government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they...
Gold, guns and China: Ghana’s fight to end galamsey
At the start of April, Ghana’s government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they...
‘Porn-showing’ TV stations in Ghana in trouble
Two broadcasters, Messrs Tommy-Annan Forson and James Kwasi Oberko, have made a complaint against three television stations in Ghana for showing films with pornographic...
Music video to save Atiwa Forest launched
The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), in collaboration with Arocha Ghana, Family Tree Entertainment and Greenbeat in Netherlands, has launched a music video titled ‘Atiwa...
Free SHS not a political gimmick – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has said his flagship educational policy -Free SHS – is not a political gimmick.According to him, education and skills training are the...
I’m confident government will stop galamsey – Okyenhene
Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin II, has urged all Ghanaians to confidence in the Akuffo Addo administration to bring an end to the galamsey...
MP promises to eliminate Fulani from Kwahu
Member of Parliament for Abetifi Constituency and a Minister of State at the Presidency, Bryan Acheampong has indicated that, government is mobbing up strategies...
Russians charged over galamsey
An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned until June 14, a ruling on the bail application filed by lawyers of the two Russians and two...
Captain Mahama’s Lynching, and the next one to come
Instance justice, mob justice, or you will call it mob action, lunatics on the loose, that is what has happened, callous mobilization of insane...
Jobless locals want ban on Chinese mining firm lifted
About 500 workers of Shaanxi Mining Company Limited operating in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, who were sent home...
We have to cut through the lies surrounding the lynching of Capt. Mahama
I have yet to pore over the full details of what President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had to say about the tragic early-morning lynching of...
Defence Ministry to submit report on ‘galamsey soldiers’ to President
The Defence Ministry will this morning (Friday) present a report on its investigations into alleged involvement of the Armed Forces in illegal mining to...
Soldiers allegedly protecting ‘galamseyers’ won’t be spared – Nitiwul
The Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has ordered the Chief of Defence Staff to launch an immediate investigation into alleged reports that some military men...
Illegal miners smuggled $7bn worth of gold
More than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from the country in 2016 alone, a Deputy Minister of...
Soldiers protecting Galamsey operators – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has accused sections of the Ghana Armed Forces High command of providing cover for galamsey...
I lost my job because of anti-galamsey fight – Joseph Yamin
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, under the NDC government, Joseph Yamin, has revealed he lost his job because of his stance against illegal mining in...
Fight against galamsey won’t succeed if ‘politicized’ – Akandoh
Former deputy minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Aknadoh has called on the government to stop politicking the fight against illegal mining,...
Ashanti Region NDC/NPP youth support fight against galamsey
The youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have declared their support for government's resolve to clamp down on illegal mining in...
Small Scale miners threaten ‘All die be die demo’
Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners says is warning of a massive demonstration against government over the ban on mining.The demo dubbed: ‘All die...
We’ll deal decisively with Aisha Huang despite threats – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has said that his outfit determined to decisively apply the country’s laws against Chinese galamsey...
Audio: Chief blames politicians for galamsey
The Tunuhene of Hwidiem in Asante Akyem, Nana Odidwour Baah Kokoroko III, says the chiefs should not be blamed for the rise in illegal...
Faceless individuals encouraging galamsey would be stopped – Akufo-Addo assures
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that the government’s avowed fight to clamp down on illegal mining activities in the country is...
Galamsey sex tapes pop out
Secret video recordings and photos purported to be the sexual encounters between the Chinese galamsey queen, and some top security officers and politicians in...
Ministry of Finance announces fresh appointments
The Ministry of Finance has appointed new officers to key positions in the Ministry in a bid to help push the reforms the government...
India wedding: At least 24 killed by collapsing wall
At least 24 people were killed when a wall collapsed during a wedding party in northern India.
The guests had taken shelter from heavy rain...
The Asian country that’s drowning
Rising sea levels threaten key coastal areas like the Mekong Delta, which produces the majority of Vietnam’s rice. The only thing standing between the...
Fight against galamsey: Foreigners face 25 years jail term
The Government of Ghana, through a project management approach, shall be placing a moratorium on illegal mining for one year, in order to regain...
Amewu backs Okyenhene in BNI galamsey report scandal
The Ministry of Lands of Forestry has jumped to the defence of the Okyenhene in a recent BNI report accusing the Okyehene and his...
I rejected $1 million dollars as bribe from Chinese nationals – MP
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso-Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm says he rejected an amount of $ 1 million dollars as bribe from some...
Audio: ‘Mills and NDC sown the seeds of galamsey in Akyem Abuakwa’
The Secretary to Okyenhene, DM Ofori-Atta has denied the involvement of the Okyenhene and the Akyem Abuakwa stool in galamsey activities in the area.Reacting...
Ghana steps up efforts to avert food insecurity
As Ghana steps up efforts to avert food insecurity, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has launched a five year flagship program dubbed...
Mineworkers vow to go into robbery after company shuts down
Some displaced mineworkers at Gbani in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region have levelled strong threats to start a new life with...
We are on track to stabilize Cedi – Bawumia
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that government is on track to restoring the country’s economy by stabilising the cedi and reducing inflation...
Photos: Men killed for stealing ‘sacred’ cows
An angry mob beat two Muslim men to death over allegations of cow theft, officials have revealed - the latest in a series of...
Bawumia salutes Amewu on galamsey fight
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commended the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Mr. John Peter Amewu for the efforts employed in the fight...