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Declare targeted state of emergency on galamsey – CFA Executive Director
The Executive Director of Climate Frontier Advocacy (CFA), Dr John Baptist Naah, has called on the government to declare a targeted state of emergency...
Gov’t urged to intensify galamsey fight as it threatens herbal medicine industry
A Member of the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations (GHATFRAM) and Chief Executive Officer of Amega Herbal, Dr. Asiedu Amega, has raised...
Galamsey: Failure to resolve menace could send gov’t to opposition – Dr Asah-Asante
Political Scientist, Dr Asah-Asante, has warned that the government’s inability to effectively deal with illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, could seriously undermine its...
Two feared dead during galamsey protest at Abosso
Two people are feared dead after police intervention during a protest at Abosso near Tarkwa in the Western Region on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
The...
Galamsey: NAIMOS intensifies crackdown in Western and Western North Regions
A special task force from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has carried out a coordinated operation against illegal mining activities in Hiawa,...
Opanka blames unemployment and political complicity for galamsey menace
Ghanaian musician Armstrong Affum, popularly known as Opanka, has blamed unemployment and alleged political involvement for the persistent fight against illegal mining, widely...
Five Chinese arrested as NAIMOS raids galamsey sites along Birim river
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has carried out a major raid on illegal mining activities in Akyem Oda, Birim Central Municipality, resulting...
Galamsey operator sentenced for slashing student with blade
A galamsey operator at Bompieso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality has been sentenced to one year imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa District Court One for slashing...
Blue Water Guards warned against bribery in galamsey fight
A Minerals Commission board member, Nana Adwoa Foriwah has cautioned the Blue Water Guards against accepting bribes from illegal miners, urging them to...
Galamsey: NAIMOS to sustain nationwide operations through Christmas – Paa Kwesi Schandorf
The Media Relations Officer at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has assured Ghanaians that the National Inter-Ministerial Committee on...
Ghanaians urged to prioritise health amid rising galamsey hazards
A Senior Medical Practitioner at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Prince Aggrey, has urged residents, particularly those in mining communities, to undergo regular medical...
Minority warns President Mahama over galamsey, GoldBod, and environmental collapse
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has warned President John Dramani Mahama that illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, poses a serious threat to Ghana’s...
NAIMOS raids galamsey site behind Kwabeng Anglican SHS, seizes excavators and pay loader
A NAIMOS taskforce deployed to the Eastern Region has disrupted illegal mining activities at Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District, following an operation carried...
Lands Minister commissions 3rd batch of 636 Blue Water Guards; pledges sustained fight against...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has commissioned the third batch of 636 Blue Water Guards as part of the...
Jail corrupt officials in galamsey fight – Haruna Iddrisu to Judiciary
Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Education, has urged the judiciary to impose custodial sentences on public officials and politicians found culpable of engaging in illegal...
Mahama’s first term galamsey crackdown failed due to political leadership – Dr Kokofu
Former Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the initial attempt by President John Mahama to confront illegal small-scale mining failed because...
ECG Ashanti South hit by surge in power theft in galamsey-prone areas
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti South Region has disclosed widespread power theft in galamsey-prone areas, with Obuasi, Manso and Dunkwa...
Kwesi Botchway Jnr requests update from A-G on EOCO galamsey investigations
Private legal practitioner Kwesi Botchway Jnr, Esq., has formally petitioned the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice for an update on investigations into alleged illegal...
Asaman Tamfoe DCE not involved in galamsey – Chief Kwame Koh responds
The Chief of Asaman Tamfoe in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region, Osabarima Kwame Koh, has dismissed allegations linking the District Chief...
Atiwa East: I swear on my life, the DCE is into galamsey – Accuser
A member of the Ankaase Badwam Town Crier Committee in Atiwa East, Daniel Ansah, has alleged that the District Chief Executive (DCE), Ernest Ntim,...
Atiwa East DCE fined GH₵12,000 for contempt in galamsey case
The Koforidua High Court 2 has fined the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Atiwa East in the Eastern Region, Ernest Ntim, GH₵12,000 for contempt...
Galamsey: Forestry Commission arrests 11 persons in Pra Anum Forest Reserve
Twenty-eight officers, drawn from three Rapid Response Teams, together with officers from the Oda Forest District of the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the...
Galamsey, betting fuel rising school dropouts in Northern Ghana – Eduwatch
Education policy think tank Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has expressed concern over a growing education crisis in northern Ghana, disclosing that nearly 70 per...
Latvian millionaire who lost €17m and rebuilt his fortune begs Ghana to choose farming...
A man who once owned a Rolls-Royce Phantom, lost everything in the 2008 financial crash, nearly died from a heart attack, and rebuilt a...
Galamsey Fight: Ambassador calls for more comprehensive media reporting
The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the country’s ongoing fight against illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey.
Speaking at a...
Small-scale miners vow stronger collaboration with NAIMOS in anti-galamsey drive
The National Concerned Small-Scale Miners Association has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) in the ongoing battle against...
NAIMOS ramps up Eastern Region clampdown, shuts major galamsey sites on Akyem Oda stretch
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has reinforced its relentless offensive against illegal mining, completing another high-impact operation across the Eastern Region on...
Powerful chiefs and politicians obstructing anti-galamsey operations – NAIMOS
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has raised serious concerns about persistent interference from powerful individuals, particularly chiefs and politicians, which it says...
Galamsey fight: NAIMOS intensifies Western North operations
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) deployed a specialised team to Samreboi in the Amenfi West Municipality on December 7, as part of...
Prof Lumumba blames governance failures for galamsey crisis
Pan-Africanist, legal practitioner and governance expert, Prof Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, has attributed the persistence of illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, to...
Asante Akyem Central MCE vows to arrest farm owners aiding galamsey
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asante Akyem Central, Ebenezer Ekow Aidoo, has warned that farm owners found supporting or allowing “galamsey” (illegal mining)...
Adansi Asokwa DCE pledges to reclaim galamsey lands for large-scale farming
District Chief Executive for Adansi Asokwa, Albert Dakurah, has reaffirmed the district’s commitment to reclaim abandoned galamsey sites for agricultural use, with plans to...
Ashanti Regional Minister drags Democracy Hub member to court over alleged galamsey remarks
Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, has initiated legal action against Wendell Nana Yaw Yeboah of the pressure group Democracy Hub, accusing him of...
Galamsey is killing our cocoa, our water, our future – Minority warns of food...
The Minority in Parliament has raised alarm over the devastating impact of illegal mining on cocoa farms, water bodies, and Ghana’s long-term food security.
In...
Forestry Commission arrests 11 Chinese, 10 Ghanaians in Yakombo Forest over galamsey
The Forestry Commission has apprehended eleven Chinese nationals and ten Ghanaians in a coordinated, intelligence-driven raid on illegal mining activities within the Yakombo Forest...
Efforts are being made to end galamsey, let’s give government some time to fix...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), Professor Ransford Gyampo, has said he cannot immediately recall whether the anti-galamsey pact signed...
UEW Chancellor calls for stronger action against galamsey on River Ayensu
The Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Neenyi Ghartey VII, has renewed calls for intensified action against illegal miners, whose activities have...
Galamsey debate heats up in Akyem Oda as MP clashes with Kotoku Krontihene [Listen]
Member of Parliament for Akyem Oda, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has clashed with Obrempong Gyamfi Saforo Kyere, the Akyem Kotoku Krontihene, over illegal mining in...
CDD-Ghana boss slams police for “wasting resources” on defamation arrest instead of fighting galamsey
The Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Governance (CDD-Ghana), Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, has criticised the Ghana Police Service (GPS) over the...
During the NPP’s time, there was no galamsey in Oda like we are seeing...
Member of Parliament for Akyem Oda, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has raised concerns over the increasing galamsey activities in his constituency, saying the situation is...