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Mahama must fight galamsey, not complain – Amoakwa-Boadu
Legal practitioner and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Legal Directorate, Kingsley Amoakwa-Boadu, has called on government to take decisive action against illegal...
Burning excavators won’t solve galamsey – Small-Scale Miners warn
The National Concerned Association of Small-Scale Miners, Ghana (NCASMG) is appealing to President John Mahama to intervene and halt the ongoing destruction of excavators...
Galamsey: Active involvement of politicians hindering fight – Murtala
Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has revealed that some politicians are actively involved in illegal mining (galamsey), making efforts to...
Environment Minister urges journalists to join fight against galamsey
Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has called on journalists to play an active role in the fight against illegal mining...
NDC Chairman denies alleged involvement in ‘galamsey’
The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Evalue-Gwira-Ajomoro constituency, Emmanuel Ennor Kofi, has denied alleged involvement in illegal mining activities, describing...
Bekwai forest response team burns ‘galamsey’ equipment at Apamprama reserve
The rapid response team of the Bekwai Forest District has set fire to an excavator, changfan machines, and water pump machines at the Apamprama...
Otumfuo pledges support for galamsey fight
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP, on Friday, February 14, 2025, paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene,...
Local Government Ministry to restore chiefs’ power of summons to fight galamsey
The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Rural Development has assured traditional leaders of the restoration of their power of summons as part of...
Rapid Response Unit destroys four excavators in swoop on galamsey sites in Atiwa Range...
The Rapid Response Unit of the Forestry Commission has destroyed four excavators in an early dawn operation targeting galamsey sites in the Atiwa Range...
Mahama must adopt Bawumia’s anti-galamsey blueprint – Samson Lardy Anyenini
Legal practitioner and host of Joy FM's Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has urged the Mahama administration to adopt the anti-galamsey blueprint proposed by former...
Galamsey fight: I’m disappointed in Ashanti regional minister’s approach – Inusah Fuseini
Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has expressed disappointment in the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, over his approach to...
I wish you well, but… – Kofi Bentil to Mahama over galamsey fight
Legal and policy analyst Kofi Bentil has cautioned President John Mahama against underestimating the fight against illegal small-scale mining (galamsey).
He stressed the need for...
Chiefs, traditional leaders must lead galamsey fight – Lands Minister
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has called on chiefs and traditional leaders to take a leading role in the...
MASDA calls for immediate halt to galamsey, proposes specialised courts
The Movement for the Advancement of Sustainable Development in Africa (MASDA) has renewed calls for urgent action against illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM),...
Media Coalition petitions IGP to investigate Aowin MP over alleged galamsey involvement
The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate the Member of Parliament for Aowin in the...
We’ve witnessed greed in the fight against galamsey in the past – Mary Addah
The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Awalena Addah, has said that the fight against illegal mining in the country has...
Group petitions Mahama to take decisive action against Aowin MP over alleged involvement in...
The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey has petitioned President John Mahama to take decisive action following allegations against Aowin MP, Oscar Larbi, over his involvement...
MPs engaged in galamsey will face severe consequences – Bagbin warns
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has issued a stern warning to Members of Parliament, cautioning that any legislator found engaging in illegal mining,...
Combatting galamsey requires a broader approach, not just deploying soldiers – Omane Boamah
Ghana’s Defence Minister designate, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has emphasised the need for a comprehensive strategy to tackle galamsey, the term for illegal mining...
Act Responsibly; stop taking money from ‘galamsey’ promoters – Erastus urges journalists
Award-winning environmental journalist from the Multimedia Group, Erastus Asare Donkor, has cautioned colleagues taking money from people involved in illegal mining popularly known as...
Aowin chiefs, MP clash over galamsey [Listen]
The Aowin Traditional Council has accused the Member of Parliament (MP), Oscar Ofori Larbi, of being involved in illegal mining (galamsey) operations in the...
Akufo-Addo’s fight against galamsey was a failure – Armah-Kofi Buah
The Minister-Designate for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has strongly criticized the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration’s approach to combating illegal...
Nana Addo was just nonchalant – Franklin Cudjoe on failed galamsey fight
President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has criticized former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his inadequate response to illegal mining, describing his efforts...
2 dead, one in critical condition in new galamsey siege on Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve
Two persons have died and one is in critical condition in a renewed illegal mining (galamsey) siege on the Tano-Anwia forest reserve in the...
Media Coalition against galamsey calls for renewed fight after deadly clash at Obuasi
The Media Coalition Against Galamsey is urging intensified efforts to combat illegal mining following a fatal clash at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mines.
The violent confrontation,...
Galamsey: Trial of Erastus Asare Donkor’s attackers adjourned
Award-winning environmental journalist from the Multimedia Group, Erastus Asare Donkor, has revealed that six suspects will be prosecuted in connection with a violent assault...
Minerals Commission hands over reclaimed galamsey lands
Some lands reclaimed from the scourge of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey have been handed over to the chiefs and people in the...
IET President urges NDC gov’t to prioritize action against ‘galamsey’
In a passionate appeal after the National Prayer and Thanksgiving Service, the President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Engr. Henry Boateng,...
I knew fighting galamsey wasn’t a popular position to take – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has acknowledged the challenges his administration has faced in its effort to combat illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, in the...
2024 SONA: I was prepared to put my presidency on the line – Akufo-Addo...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has described the fight against illegal mining as one of the most challenging undertakings of his presidency.
Addressing parliament during the 2024...
GWCL shuts down treatment plant in Tarkwa over pollution from galamsey
Ghana Water Limited has announced the closure of the Bonsa Headworks treatment plant, which supplies 75% of potable water to Tarkwa and its surrounding...
Let’s collaborate to end ‘galamsey’ – Asiakwahene [Video]
The chief of Asiakwa and Nifahene of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Daasebre Twum-Ampofo II, has appealed to chiefs, the general...
M.anifest reflects on galamsey’s devastation 11 years after ‘No Shortcut to Heaven’
Ghanaian rapper, M.anifest has highlighted the devastating impact of illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey) on Ghana’s environment.
He said this while reflecting on his visit to...
Two miners dead as galamsey pit collapses in Kwaebibrem
Tragedy struck in Kukubi, a town in the Kwaebibrem Municipal District, as two miners lost their lives when a galamsey pit caved in during...
Galamsey: One dead, 3 injured as pit collapses at Nkonteng
A 23-year-old man has tragically lost his life, while three others are in critical condition following the collapse of an illegal mining pit on...
Galamsey fight: Court adjourns assault case on JoyNews crew
The case of the assault on a JoyNews crew investigating illegal mining activities at Manso Asumenya in the Ashanti Region was called for the...
Coalition Against Galamsey congratulates President-elect
The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) has congratulated President-elect John Dramani Mahama following his decisive victory in the 2024 general election.
The Coalition lauded his...
NDC, NPP and 4 other presidential candidates sign pact to end galamsey
The Convener of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey has revealed that six of the 12 presidential candidates in the 2024 elections...
Coalition pushes political parties to sign pact against galamsey
Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr. Ken Ashigbey, has outlined a set of stringent measures aimed at controlling illegal mining, also known...
2024 Presidential candidates urged to commit to anti-galamsey pact
The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) has extended an invitation to all presidential candidates in the 2024 elections to sign a National Pledge Against...