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18-year-old boy shot dead, two others injured at galamsey site in Juaboso
An 18-year-old boy has been shot dead and two others injured by security personnel of some Chinese illegal miners in Abrokofe, a community in...
Emulate Otumfuo, dismiss officials involved in ‘galamsey’ – Akufo-Addo told
The Media Coalition Against Galamsey is admonishing President Nana Akufo-Addo to emulate the actions of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II by dismissing government...
Chiefs can fully partake in the fight against galamsey if… – Former MP
Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwesimintsim, Joe Baidoo Ansah, has proposed the inclusion of traditional leaders in Ghana’s gold-mining licensing process.
According to him,...
Galamsey taskforce burns 15 equipment on River Pra
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Akyemansa district in the Eastern region, Hon. Paul Asamoah Gyemah, has made a fervent plea for government's intervention...
Amoako Atta orders arrest of ‘galamseyers’ for blocking road to mine
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has taken swift action against illegal mining operators who were obstructing the main road at...
Galamsey devours Asarekrom; community deity not spared
Asarekrom, a farming community in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, is literally bleeding as the community has been completely taken over...
Asantehene destools Bekwai-Abodom chief over ‘galamsey’ allegations
The Chief of Bekwai-Abodom, Nana Saforo Koto, has allegedly been destooled by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
According to reports, the destoolment is a...
Old Yakaase residents confiscate ‘galamsey’ equipment on River Disou
Residents of Old Yakaase in the Aowin municipality of the Western North Region have taken action against illegal mining activities by confiscating mining equipment...
Burning Issues: We’ve failed – Former NPP MP takes on Akufo-Addo over galamsey report
Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi East Constituency, Edward Ennin, has criticised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for what he perceives as a...
GWCL threatens to shut down its plants in areas impacted by galamsey
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says it will not relent in shutting down its plants in areas impacted by illegal mining when the...
Chinese ‘galamseyer’ attempts suicide in prison
A female Chinese national who was arrested along with a Chinese male and a Ghanaian for illegal mining in 2022 has attempted suicide in...
Wee cultivation will remove toxins from farm lands, water bodies caused by galamsey –...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hempire Association of Ghana, Nana Kweku Agyemang,has disclosed that the cultivation of cannabis for industrial purposes will help in...
Shocking: Massive ‘galamsey’ on Black Volta [Photos]
Some illegal miners, known in local parlance as galamseyers, have reportedly started their activities on the Black Volta at Bamboi in the Bole District...
God’s anger will not elude persons engaged in galamsey – Frimpong-Boateng
Former Chairman of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, is invoking the wrath of God on persons engaged in...
Prof. Frimpong-Boateng invokes God’s wrath on persons engaged in galamsey
Former Environment Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong -Boateng, has invoked the wrath of God on those engaged in illegal mining and subsequent destruction of the...
I’ve never been involved in galamsey – Aisha Huang
Galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang has denied any involvement in mining activities or mining support activities in her witness statement during her criminal trial.
Aisha Huang,...
Prof Frimpong-Boateng goes biblical over ‘galamsey’ fight
Accomplished Cardiothoracic Surgeon and former Minister of Environment, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng have sounded a word of caution, calling the judgement of God on all...
Galamsey: Six Chinese, Ghanaian arrested by Operation Halt II
The Operation Halt II team has arrested six suspects found operating at an illegal mining site and also engaging in other poor environmental practices...
Fathers must advise their children to abstain from galamsey – Ashanti Regional Minister
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has said that illicit mining could be easily stopped if fathers intervened and counseled their children about the...
Teachers compete with ‘galamseyers’ for accommodation in Amansie Central
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Teachers of Aboo D/A Basic School in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region have a tough time securing accommodation in the town.
Teachers...
GNPC offers full scholarship to brilliant ‘galamsey’ boy to study law at Legon
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has offered a full scholarship to Stephen Koomson to study Law at the University of Ghana (Legon).
The...
Accra High Court orders ‘galamsey queen’ Aisha Huang to open defense
The High Court in Accra has directed Galamsey Queen, Aisha Huang, to open her defence in the galamsey charges she is facing.
Aisha Huang has...
Galamsey menace: Minority calls for public inquiry, halt to community mining
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The Minority in Parliament is calling for a public inquiry into the activities, reports and fallouts of the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining...
Brilliant student who got 5As and 3Bs in WASSCE now a ‘galamseyer’
A brilliant student who recorded outstanding results in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 2021, Stephen Koomson, is now involved in...
We’re compelled to use polymer to treat water due to galamsey – GWCL
The Communications Director of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Stanley Martey, says they have been compelled to switch from alum to polymer for water...
How big-people-sponsored-companies affected galamsey fight – Prof Frimpong-Boateng
The former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Frimpong-Boateng, says the Committee under his leadership had been successful in quelling...
Galamsey: Operation Halt II arrests 26 illegal miners at Patase
The Operation Halt II team has on Monday arrested 26 suspects, found operating at an illegal mining site, popularly known as galamsey, and also...
We’ll fight ‘galamseyers’ with bulletproof vest and weapons – Abu Jinapor
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has announced that the government will provide the necessary equipment to the staff of...
Galamsey: I feel the pains of Ghanaians – Stonebwoy
Reggae Dancehall Artiste, Livingstone Etse Satekla, popularly known as Stonebwoy, says his position on the galamsey menace is on the side of the people...
Police invite Frimpong-Boateng over galamsey report
The police service has written to Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng as it opens an investigation into his 37-page galamsey report, from which a docket is...
Galamsey accident: NADMO gives update on remaining trapped miners
An official of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has said that the remaining miners said to have been trapped under a caved pit...
Galamsey pit collapse: 7 dead, 5 rescued, many remain trapped at Birim North
Only five miners out of suspected 30 who were trapped under an illegal mining pit that caved in on Monday at Korley Teye in...
Babies in galamsey areas are being born with one eye, without genitalia – Pathologist
Children born in areas prone to illegal mining suffer cognitive impairment and other deformities due to the high use of heavy metals used in...
Galamsey: Sub-chief, two foreign nationals arrested at Akyem Oda
The Akim Oda Divisional Police Command has arrested two foreign nationals and a sub-chief for allegedly engaging in illegal mining at Akyem Oda in...
Galamsey: I’m available if my ideas are still needed – Prof Frimpong-Boateng
The former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) says he is still available to help the government address the illegal mining...
Galamsey is not over; but I can’t say we have failed – Minerals Commission...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission says the activities of illegal mining in the country, popularly known as galamsey, is not...
Minerals Commission CEO reveals number one problem with ‘galamsey’
The Minerals Commission CEO, Martin Ayisi, says the fundamental factor encouraging illegal mining activities is the inability to secure places for miners to...
I didn’t leak my galamsey report – Prof Frimpong-Boateng
The former Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has refuted allegations that he deliberately leaked his galamsey report to cause public...
I stand by everything in galamsey report – Frimpong-Boateng
The former chairman of the defunct Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has defended his report submitted to President Nana Akufo-Addo in...
OSP invites Prof Frimpong-Boateng over his galamsey report
The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) has invited Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng over his controversial report on illegal mining activities in Ghana.
The venerable Professor is...