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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...
Fight against galamsey: Over 114 cases pending in court — Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his administration’s determination to combat illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, warning that the practice continues to threaten...
Police vow to enforce court order against ‘Stop Galamsey’ demo today
The Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed it will enforce a High Court directive barring the planned “Stop Galamsey” demonstration scheduled for Friday, February...
Galamsey: 500 Excavators seized, 490 locked at Tema Port – Lands Minister
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has announced that the government has confiscated nearly a thousand excavators linked to illegal...
Pupils ditch school for galamsey in Juaboso – Deputy Education Director
The Deputy Education Director of Sefwi Juaboso, Eric Agyare Ansah, has revealed that a growing number of school-going children in the district are abandoning...
Court remands galamsey operator for wife’s murder
Nicholas Gyekyey, a 22-year-old galamsey operator, alias “Town Boy”, has been remanded into police custody by the District Magistrate Court in Enchi for allegedly murdering his wife, Erica Ocansey.
His plea has not been taken, and he...
Oppong Nkrumah sues Baba Jamal Konneh over “galamsey” claims
Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has filed a defamation suit at the Accra High Court against Jamal Konneh, Deputy Managing Director (Operations) of the...
Galamsey: Ntotroso Chief urges Newmont to support community mining
The Paramount Chief of Ntotroso and President of the Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs, Barima Twereko Ampem III, has appealed to Newmont Gold Ghana...
NAIMOS taskforce rejects GHC119k bribe, arrests galamsey kingpins in Bekwai
The Taskforce of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining activities in the Ashanti Region, carrying out...
Catholic Bishops back calls for probe into JoyNews ‘galamsey tax’ exposé
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for an independent investigation into allegations of institutionalised corruption in illegal mining operations, following an undercover documentary...
Man dies in galamsey pit collapse at Chirano
A 34-year-old man, Obed Asamoah, has reportedly died following the collapse of a galamsey pit at Chirano in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality of the Western...
NAIMOS taskforce intensifies anti-galamsey crackdowns in Ashanti Region
The NAIMOS taskforce deployed in the Ashanti Region defied the past weekend’s Valentine Celebrations, turning the heat against the activities of illegal miners who...
Atwima Kwanwoma Assembly begins reclamation of abandoned galamsey pits at Nweneso III
The Atwima Kwanwoma Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with the Minerals Development Fund (MDF) and Danmark Prime Company Limited, has commenced a major land reclamation...
NAIMOS dismantles galamsey base at Chavene in Ahanta West, seizes equipment
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has uncovered and dismantled an illegal mining base at Chavene in the Ahanta West District of the...
Mahama is determined to fight galamsey – Elikem Kotoko
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Elikem Kotoko, has expressed confidence in President John Mahama’s commitment to tackling illegal mining, commonly...
The anger against galamsey is not enough – Ken Ashigbey
The Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Ing. Ken Ashigbey, has called for stronger and more urgent action against illegal mining (galamsey),...
Galamsey: Ken Ashigbey calls for arrest of Tano North MCE over prospective licence issuance
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ing. Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has called for the arrest of the Municipal Chief Executive...
Cocoa price cut could fuel galamsey – CDM warns
The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has warned that the reduction of the cocoa producer price to GH¢2,587 per 64kg bag could undermine national...
It’s unfortunate and disturbing – Akwatia MP reacts to ‘galamsey tax’ exposé
The Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has expressed concern over the recent JoyNews Hotline documentary titled "A Tax for Galamsey,"...