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Audio: Operation Vanguard also engaging in galamsey – NDC man alleges
The integrity of the anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Vanguard, set up by government to stop illegal mining has been called to question following an increase...
We will put national security on you – Minister tells DCEs, MCEs involved in...
The Local Government Minister has threatened to expose politicians, District Chief Executives (DCEs) and Municipal Chief Executives (MCEs) engaged in illegal mining, popularly known...
Local Govt Ministry inaugurates committee to fight galamsey in the Northern region
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama
in conjunction with various ministries has inaugurated and sworn in the District Committees on...
AUDIO: Chinese galamseyers also mining our wives – Antwiwaaso residents cry
Residents of Antiwaaso in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region are licking their wounds over the social effects of Chinese illegal miners'...
‘NPP mounting pressure on Akufo-Addo to lift ban on galamsey’
It has emerged that some members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are mounting pressure on President Akufo-Addo to lift the ban on...
Frimpong Boateng advocates for galamsey court
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is advocating for a special court for prosecution of illegal mining-related cases.
According to him, prosecution...
Galamsey fight won’t cost NPP 2020 elections – Frimpong Boateng [Video]
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, says government’s war on illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as ‘Galamsey’ will not cost the...
Two Chinese arrested for engaging in Galamsey
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of Operation Vanguard have arrested two Chinese nationals suspected to be engaging in illegal mining at Taabusere the in...
Ghanaians more concerned about LGBT issues than rape, armed robbery & galamsey – study...
A new study has shown that Ghanaians are more worried about the perceived negative effects of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activities than they are about...
AUDIO: Sir John denies involvement in galamsey
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana's Forestry Commission has debunked accusations that he is involved in illegal mining.
According to Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, contrary...
Photos: 18 ‘galamseyers’ arrested in Manso Nkwanta
At least some 18 persons suspected to be engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) were on Sunday, May 27, 2018, arrested by the Forward Operating...
Man drowns in abandoned galamsey pit at Wamanafo
A man believed to be in his 40s has drowned in an abandoned galamsey pit at Wamanafo near Wamfie in the Dormaa East District...
AUDIO: Galamsey fight: Stop being hostile – Kwakye Ofusu tells NPP
A former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has described as unnecessary attacks on ex-president Mahama for criticizing government's anti-galamsey fight.
Mr Ofosu is surprised...
Galamsey fight: Did you apply sense during your tenure? – Minister asks Mahama
The Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has questioned former President John Dramani Mahama whether he applied sense in the fight against illegal mining activities...
Your government had no strategy to tackle galamsey – Amewu to Mahama
The government has challenged the former Mahama administration to present its policy on alternative livelihood for illegal miners.
Former President John Mahama who was assessing...
Galamsey ban to be lifted soon – Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has assured the small scale mining sector to exercise a little patience as the process...
Open defecation as deadly as galamsey – Taskforce leader
A leader of the Open Defecation Taskforce is calling for the deployment of the military to fight the canker in the coastal belts of...
AUDIO: BA Minister declares war on galamseyers and chainsaw operators
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Kyeremeh, has declared war on illegal miners, popularly known as 'galamseyers', and illegal lumbering.
He says his administration would strictly...
Tarkwa-Nsuaem MP calls for river guards to fight galamsey
Member of Parliament for the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency, George Mireku Duker, is calling for the establishment of river guards to secure the country’s river bodies.
According...
Galamsey operator jailed 18 months for unlawful escape
A 29 year-old galamsey operator, Asampong Bawuah, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment a Tarkwa Circuit court for unlawfully escaping from police custody...
Final year student drowns in galamsey pit
A 20-year-old final year student of Osino Presbyterian Senior High School in the Eastern Region, Asiedu Kelvin has drowned in an abandoned galamsey pit...
Whistle blowers remanded for reporting 'galamsey chief'
Three residents of Ntronan in the Abirem North district have been remanded in prison custody by the New Abirem police for reporting a chief...
Galamsey fight: Four more arrested in Atewa forest
Four more people have been arrested for engaging in illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in the Atewa forest in the Eastern Region.
The arrest...
We are ready to help gov’t reclaim galamsey sites – Surveyors
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) says it is ready to help in the fight to reclaim lands destroyed by the activities of illegal...
Akufo-Addo lauds galamsey Taskforce
President Akufo Addo has commended the anti-galamsey task-force, Operation Vanguard for their fight against illegal mining in the country.
“I am sure the House will...
HOT AUDIO: MP orders ‘shoot-to-kill’ on Galamseyers
The first Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu, has proposed a ruthless shoot-to-kill strategy as the antidote to ending the galamsey menace.
Mr Osei...
PHOTOS: Only 10% of 'galamsey' suspects convicted – Operation Vanguard laments slow prosecution
The anti-galamsey task force is unhappy about it believes to be the courts' leniency in dealing with illegal miners brought before them for prosecution.
The Operation...
Koforidua prison unable to account for 10 'galamsey' suspects
The Koforidua Prison could not account for ten suspects remanded by a circuit court for defying the nationwide ban on small-scale mining when JoyNews...
Hot AUDIO: Ban on Galamsey reversal as unknown as Jesus Christ's return
Minister for Environment, Science and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, has likened the lifting of the ban on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey...
Galamsey fight difficult but sturdy – Nana Addo
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has confirmed that there are major setbacks in the fight against illegal mining (galamsey) in the country.
According to him, despite...
‘Galamsey’ operators storm Upper West Region
The Upper West Regional Police Command says it has picked signals that groups of illegal miners from the southern part of the country have...
NGO plants rubber trees to reclaim Galamsey lands
Partners of Nature, Africa (PONA) has launched a galamsey site rejuvenation project nursery in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
The nursery holds...
Boy, 7, drowns in galamsey pit
An abandoned galamsey (illegal mining) pit at Akyem Adukrom in the East Akim municipality of the Eastern Region, has claimed the life of a...
'Galamsey Queen' begs for mercy
En Huang, the 31-year-old Chinese lady, who is standing trial over alleged illegal mining (galamsey), has filed an application for variation of bail conditions...
Fishmongers advocate freeze on sea "Galamsey"
Fishmongers in the Central Region have called on the government to place a moratorium on the illegal fishing in the sea known as "sea...
Hot Audio: Galamsey pit collapses, killing 26 yr-old man
A galamsey pit at Adansi Mpirekyire in the Adansi South district has collapsed killing a 26-year old miner, Isaac Gbafa around 4pm Monday.
The deceased...
Akufo Addo won’t stop galamsey fight – Minister
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta has emphasized that the anti-galamsey fight is not going to end anytime soon.
He has therefore...
Amewu justifies purchase of $3m drones to fight galamsey
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has defended government’s decision to purchase drones worth $3 million to boost the country’s fight...