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NAIMOS seizes 15 motorbikes in anti-galamsey operation at Eniamoah
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat) has seized 15 motorbikes during an anti-galamsey operation at Eniamoah near Ntoboroso, following...
NAIMOS taskforce embarks on major anti-galamsey operations at GREL plantation and along Ankobra River
On Friday, April 3, between 0740 and 1915 hours, the Director of Operations for NAIMOS, Colonel Dominic Buah, joined a high-powered task force of...
Residents of Mpatuom Asuogya cry out as galamsey lead to flooding of homes
Several residents of Mpatuom Asuogya in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region are appealing for urgent intervention as illegal mining activities, locally...
“President has failed; his fight against galamsey a disgrace” – Kofi Tonto
National Communications Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Tonto, has described President John Dramani Mahama’s campaign against illegal mining activities as a...
Stop taxing galamsey immediately or face sanctions – Gov’t cautions MMDCEs
Government has directed all Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to immediately stop the practice of taxing illegal miners, warning that any official...
Former AG Godfred Dame demands retraction from Kwakye Ofosu over galamsey claims
Former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Godfred Yeboah Dame has issued a formal demand to Minister for Government Communications Felix Kwakye Ofosu to retract...
Gov’t intensifies fight against galamsey, seeks stronger CSO collaboration — Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that government is intensifying efforts to combat illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, while emphasising the need for...
Galamsey: Halt small-scale mining for one year – Hopeson Adorye
The Director of Field Operations for the United Party, Hopeson Adorye, has backed a proposal to halt all small-scale mining for one year as...
NAIMOS must be given adequate resources to tackle galamsey – Ken Ashigbey
The Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Ing Kenneth Ashigbey, has urged the government to provide the National Inter-Ministerial Committee on Small-Scale...
Forestry Commission trains 800 forest guards to intensify galamsey fight
Accra — Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, widely known as galamsey, is being stepped up with the training of over 800 Forest Guards to...
Government may take over reclaimed galamsey lands — Lands Ministry PRO
The Media Relations Officer at the Lands Ministry, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has disclosed that the government is considering taking over lands reclaimed from illegal...
Take politics out of galamsey fight – Lands Ministry urges unified approach
The Media Relations Officer at the Lands Ministry, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has called for the removal of political influence in the fight against illegal...
Fight against galamsey 75% successful — Lands Ministry PRO
The Media Relations Officer at the Lands Ministry, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has rated the government’s fight against illegal mining (galamsey) at 75 percent.
Speaking in...
Galamsey: NAIMOS seizes 94 excavators, arrests 237
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) says it has made significant progress in its ongoing clampdown on illegal mining, with dozens of arrests...
NAIMOS reveals majority of galamsey arrests involve Chinese nationals
The Director of Operations at the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), Dominic Buah, has revealed that most arrests in the fight against illegal...
NAIMOS urges sustainable mining to tackle galamsey risks
The Director of Operations at the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), Dominic Buah, has stressed the need for sustainable mining practices to address...
Ahanta West: Assembly Member arrested over alleged involvement in galamsey
The Assembly Member for the Sese Electoral Area in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, Samuel Doomson, has been arrested for alleged...
Rivers regaining natural colour as galamsey fight shows results – Ashanti Security Coordinator
The Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, Captain (Rtd.) John Kwame Jabari, says government efforts to combat illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, are beginning to...
Akrofuom faces health worker shortage as nurses compete with ‘galamseyers’ for accommodation
The Acting District Director of Health Services for Adansi Akrofuom, Joseph Kofi Annor, has raised concerns over a growing shortage of health workers in...
‘Galamsey is not going anywhere’- Senyo Hosi calls for tech-driven regularisation
Convener, OneGhana Movement and Trustee of Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey, Senyo Hosi, has warned that Ghana must confront the hard truth that illegal mining...
Applauding gov’t for galamsey admission is hypocritical – Miracles Aboagye
Director of Communications for the Bawumia campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticised commentators and members of the public who have applauded the government for...
Landlord cries for help as ‘galamseyers’ divert river into his home at Osino
A resident of Osino, Fredrick Adamtey, is calling on authorities for urgent intervention after illegal mining activities allegedly diverted a river into his home.
Speaking...
Quarry operations in Dumansua not galamsey – NADMO clarifies
The Offinso South National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Director Mohammed Wiafe, has clarified that recent claims of galamsey activities in Dumansua are unfounded.
According to...
Galamsey: Our own people are also involved – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has acknowledged that illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, cuts across political lines and traditional authority structures, cautioning that tackling...
Akyemansa DCE cracks down on galamsey; seizes 300 machines, arrests 50 suspects
The fight against illegal mining in the Akyemansa District of the Eastern Region has intensified under the leadership of District Chief Executive (DCE) Linda...
Anti-Galamsey demonstration in Asante Akyem halted by an interim court injunction
The Circuit Court at Juaso in the Asante Akyem South Municipality of the Ashanti Region has granted an interim injunction restraining organisers of a...
Those in opposition are not doing galamsey — NPP MP
The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has called for stronger action against illegal mining, insisting that the fight against galamsey...
Akyemansa resident sounds alarm over galamsey pollution of Pra River
A resident of the Akyemansa District in the Ofoase Ayirebi constituency has expressed concern over the increasing activities of illegal miners in surrounding communities.
Speaking...
Akyemansa DCE denies bribery claims in galamsey fight
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Akyemansa District, Linda Ahenkora, has denied allegations that she bribed water guards to release individuals arrested for illegal...
Gov’t distributes seized ‘galamsey’ water pumps to farmers to boost irrigation – Dumelo
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, John Dumelo, has revealed that the government has distributed thousands of water pumps seized from illegal mining operators to farmers...
Galamsey chemicals and air pollution linked to rising diabetes risk in children
Dr. Benson Owusu, a public health expert, is raising alarm over the growing exposure of children to toxic heavy metals from illegal mining and...
Minority raises alarm over farmers’ crisis, galamsey in Independence Day statement
The Minority in Parliament has expressed serious concern over what it described as a worsening crisis facing Ghanaian farmers and the growing environmental damage...
GRA Customs seizes 560 suspected galamsey engines at Tema Port
Officers of the Preventive Unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division have intercepted and seized 560 CHANG FANG diesel engines at the...
NAIMOS to begin 24-hour surveillance at galamsey flashpoints
The Lands Ministry has announced that the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) will begin full-scale, 24-hour surveillance at illegal mining hotspots across the...
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...