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Ahafo Ano South: Small-Scale miners burn galamsey equipment on River Mankran
A task force from the National Association of Small Scale Miners on Wednesday, September 11, conducted a significant operation along the River Mankran in...
Galamsey is robbing Ghana of revenue – Chartered Institute of Taxation
The Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana (CITG) has expressed concern over the revenue loss caused by illegal small-scale mining, commonly known as galamsey, due...
Akufo-Addo orders police and military deployment to crackdown on galamsey
President Akufo Addo has ordered the deployment of the police and the military to crack down on illegal small-scale mining as calls grow for...
Galamsey: KNUST- UTAG President brands Akufo-Addo as a liar; asks him to resign
The President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has criticised President Akufo-Addo...
Water Resources Committee to tour ‘galamsey’ communities
The Sanitation and Water Resources Committee of Parliament will from September 25 embark on a one-week tour of illegal mining sites in the Eastern,...
Ghana may soon import water if galamsey is not stopped – Paediatric Society
The Paediatric Society of Ghana has issued a stark warning, cautioning that the country could face a looming water importation crisis if illegal mining...
The time for talk is over – Senyo Hosi calls for radical action against...
Convener of the One Ghana Movement Senyo Hosi has made an impassioned plea to President Nana Akufo-Addo to declare a state of emergency to...
Galamsey: Declare state of emergency to save water bodies – Federation of Labour urges...
The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) has issued a stern call for President Nana Akufo-Addo to declare a state of emergency to address the...
Galamsey: We’ll move into forest reserves and stop Chinese national if…. Small Scale Miners
The President of the Small Scale Miners Association, has issued a stern warning that if the government fails to take decisive action against illegal...
Asante youth demand removal of some Forestry, Minerals Commission bosses over galamsey
Pressure group, Asante Youth Association (AYA), is demanding the removal of the heads of the Forestry Commission and the Minerals Commission in the Ashanti...
Galamsey crisis: We should not tolerate such sins against humanity- Christian Council
The Christian Council of Ghana has joined calls for the fight against illegal mining locally known as 'galamsey to be intensified, stating that such sinful...
‘Galamsey’ breeding school dropouts – GNAT General Secretary
In a heart-wrenching revelation, General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah exposed the alarming truth about galamsey's impact on...
Let’s treat galamsey as a serious crime – NCCE
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has said illegal mining commonly known as galamsey must be treated as a serious crime.
In a statement,...
Galamsey: Political parties shouldn’t play politics with our lives – Catholic Bishops Conference
President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), Most Rev Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, has urged political parties not to play politics with the lives...
Galamsey is a silent killer and must be stopped – Ghana Institution of Geoscientists
General Secretary of the Ghana Institution of Geoscientists, Prof. Prince Ofori Amponsah, has described illegal small-scale mining as a silent killer that must be...
Galamsey: We’ll start licking clay as water if we don’t act now – Dr...
Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, has called on the government to take swift action to eradicate illegal mining in...
GJA President challenges Presidential candidates to publicly commit to ending galamsey
Albert Dwumfour, the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has urged all presidential candidates of the various political parties to make a public...
Organised Labour threatens nationwide strike over galamsey crisis
Organised Labour, led by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has issued a strong warning to the government, threatening a nationwide strike by the end...
Galamsey: All seized excavators will be returned if NPP wins the elections – NAPO
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) vice-presidential candidate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has assured that an NPP government would return all seized excavators confiscated during...
Galamsey: Small-Scale Miners Association to redeploy taskforce to affected areas
The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners has announced plans to redeploy its task force to areas where illegal mining, commonly known as ‘galamsey,’...
Ban galamsey to protect lives – Medical Laboratory Scientists to govt
The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has raised serious concerns about the escalating health risks posed by illegal mining, commonly known as...
Prophet Kumchacha invokes curses on Ministers, chiefs involved in galamsey
Founder and leader of Heaven's Gate Ministries, Prophet Nicholas Osei, widely known as Prophet Kumchacha, has invoked curses of death and illness on government...
Ban galamsey until sustainable solutions are found – Christian Council
The Christian Council of Ghana has joined the growing chorus calling for a complete and decisive ban on illegal mining, popularly known as "galamsey."
This...
Christian Council’s Rev. Fayose urges naming, shaming of politicians involved in galamsey
The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Cyril Fayose, has called for the public naming, shaming, and prosecution of politically exposed...
Take urgent legal action against ‘galamseyers’ – OccupyGhana to govt
OccupyGhana has reiterated its call for the prosecution of those involved in mining within protected areas.
The civil society group argues that holding offenders legally...
Leave a legacy by stopping galamsey – Sheikh Shiabu to Akufo-Addo
Amid recent efforts to combat illegal mining aka galamsey, Sheikh Arimiyawo Shaibu, spokesperson for the National Chief Imam and a member of the National...
Galamsey: If mining laws fail, civil disobedience will salvage damage – KNUST UTAG
The President of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Professor Eric Abavare,...
Ordering military to kill illegal miners can’t fight galamsey – Small Scale miner
The Director of Finance of the Small Scale Miners Association, Francis Opoku has expressed his doubt about deploying military men to shoot and kill...
Stop galamsey in one month or we take our lands – Bono House of...
The President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II, has issued a one-month ultimatum to the government to halt...
Galamsey is an enemy of the nation – Asantehene
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who has been widely commended for his immense contribution to the fight against illegal mining has taken his...
Military can’t stop ‘galamsey’ – Small Scale Miners President
President of the Small Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, has asserted that the military cannot effectively halt illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey.
'Galamsey'...
Chamber of Agribusiness to protest over galamsey crisis
The Chamber of Agribusiness is gearing up for a demonstration in response to the widespread destruction of agricultural farmlands caused by illegal mining activities.
According...
Poisoning our waters is genocide – Ken Ashigbey sounds alarm over galamsey crisis
The founder of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Kenneth Ashigbey, has called the pollution of Ghana’s water bodies through illegal mining an act...
Galamsey: We’re in crisis, but no one is responding – Ken Ashigbey
The founder of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has expressed frustration over the lack of urgency in addressing the devastating...
‘Self-defense against nation-wreckers is justified’ – Professor Marfo on fighting galamsey
Professor Charles Marfo has made a controversial statement about the illegal mining also known as galamsey crisis affecting Ghana.
Speaking with host Akua Boakyewaa Yiadom...
Galamsey fight: AERC calls repeal of executive instruments endangering forest reserves
The growing crisis of illegal mining, known as “galamsey,” continues to wreak havoc on Ghana’s environment, public health, and economy. Galamsey activities, driven by...
Fighting galamsey will be tough, requires sacrifices – Mahama
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama has acknowledged that eradicating illegal mining, also known as galamsey, will be a formidable challenge...
Ghana’s security threat: Lawlessness or Galamsey?
Recently, there have been calls from various sectors of the public to ban ‘galamsey’ as a solution to the water crisis, deforestation, health hazards,...
GBA President slams Annoh-Dompreh over ‘irresponsible’ galamsey comment
The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Yaw Acheampong Boafo, has criticized the Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, Frank Annoh-Dompreh for accusing the National Democratic Congress...
Archbishop Agyinasare hits hard at leadership over Galamsey menace
Founder of the Perez Chapel International, Archbishop Charles Agyinasare, has strongly criticised the political leadership and Ghanaians for allowing illegal mining, commonly known as...