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PHOTO: Nigerian galamseyer drowns
An illegal miner believed to be a Nigerian has been drowned in a galamsey pit in Ntortroso in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Several others have...
One dead, several others trapped in galamsey pit at Ntotroso
One person has been confirmed dead, with several others believed to have been trapped after a mining pit in which they mining for the...
Prof Akosa calls for research into health implications of galamsey
Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, former Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has called for research into the health implications of heavy metals...
PHOTO: Chinese re-arrested for engaging in galamsey
Five Chinese who were granted bail by the Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region for engaging in illegal mining have been re-arrested for...
Operation Vanguard arrests 32 Galamseyers in Eastern Region
The Eastern Regional Operation Vanguard team has arrested 32 illegal miners, popularly known as galamseyers, at a village called Okagya, near Kwabeng in the...
Nine Chinese ‘galamseyers’ arrested; cash, weapons seized
The Operation Vanguard taskforce in collaboration with Forestry Commission staff have arrested nine (9) Chinese and two (2) Ghanaian illegal miners operating in the...
Don’t burn galamsey tractors – Chief appeals to government
The President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, Obrempong Nyanful Krapah XI, has appealed to the government’s taskforce on illegal mining known as...
Alhaji Chocho hails Nana over Galamsey fight
Alhaji Mustapha Oti Boateng, Eastern Regional Vice President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, has hailed President Akufo-Addo for his efforts in fighting galamsey, and...
PHOTOS: Court sentences 26 foreign galamseyers
A Koforidua circuit court has sentenced 26 foreigners arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Atewa forest of the Eastern region.
The foreigners, mainly...
Mining permit granted 'Mahama' won’t compromise galamsey fight – Amewu
The Lands Minister says mining lease granted Exton Cubic Group Limited, the company linked to former President John Mahama’s brother, will not compromise government’s...
Make public the timelines for fighting galamsey
The Ministry of lands and natural resources have been urged to let the members of the public know the timelines for the fight against...
Hot Audio: My husband was not a galamsey operator – Galamsey victim's wife
The widow of one of the four persons who were found dead in a galamsey pit at Akyem Kwabeng in the Eastern Region has...
I have ‘absolute trust’ in anti-galamsey taskforce – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has asked the public to disregard what he describes as propaganda by some persons to...
Use of military to fight galamsey ‘a bad decision’
A communicator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as ‘bad’ the decision to send armed military personnel to fight illegal mining in...
Otumfuo joins galamsey fight
Otumfuo’s Manwerehene has condemned chiefs who sell lands to illegal miners popularly known as ‘galamsey’ hinting that the activities of these miners are affecting...
Hot Audio: Galamsey taskforce on revenge mission – Abronye DC
The Brong-Ahafo Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said that recent killing of illegal miners by the anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Vanguard...
Galamsey linked to kidney failures; 65 cases reported in Tarkwa
Authorities of the Central Regional Hospital have disclosed, they are recording increasing cases of kidney infection from persons linked to illegal mining.
Hospital authorities believe...
Use 'galamsey minister's' salary to pay for burnt excavators – Abronye DC
The salaries of the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu and Professor Frimpong Boateng, Minister of Environment Science and Technology must...
Hot audio: We will help you to flush out illegal miners if… – Galamseyer...
The man whose earthmoving equipment was torched by some angry youth at Abekoase in the Atiwa district of the Eastern Region some months ago...
Hot Audio: Galamsey taskforce deny shooting illegal miner at Sefwi
The anti-galamsey task force known as Operation Vanguard (OV) has denied shooting a miner at Sefwi-Ankra in the Juaboso District of the Western Region...
Viral VIDEO: Galamsey operator weeps, curses gov't while watching excavators burn
The video of a galamsey operator crying out loud and cursing the government while watching his two excavators burn has gone viral on social...
Audio: Tread cautiously – John Boadu tells anti-galamsey taskforce
Acting General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is urging the government’s anti-illegal mining task force, Operation Vanguard to tread cautiously and...
Hot Audio: Slain galamseyer family demands body for funeral
Family of illegal miner who shot dead Sunday is pleading with government to release their son’s corpse for burial.
The body has been deposited at...
Anti galamsey taskforce not killers but don’t dare them – Nitiwul
Minister of Defense, Dominic Nitiwul has said they would be investigating the killing of a suspected illegal miner at Obuasi Wawaase in the Ashanti...
Hot Audio: Illegal miner shot dead by anti-galamsey taskforce
One illegal miner has been shot dead by the anti-galamsey taskforce at Wawase in the Ashanti region.
Public Relations Officer of Operation Vanguard, Major Gariba...
Illegal miners flee Amansie West following deployment of anti-galamsey task force
There are mixed feelings among residents of communities in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region ahead of the arrival of the joint...
Beware of fake galamsey soldiers – Army warns Public
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have warned the general public especially those residing around mining sites to be careful of person(s) who may parade...
Nana Addo’s galamsey efforts commendable – MP
Tarkwa-Nsuaem Member of Parliament (MP), has lauded the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for staying true to his promise of helping to improve the...
Gov’t blows GHC 50 million on Galamsey taskforce
The Government of Ghana would spend a whopping amount of fifty million Ghana cedis (GHC 50 million) on the anti-galamsey task force deployed to...
Anti-galamsey task force won’t ‘beat’ Ghanaians – Amewu
The anti-galamsey task force deployed to enforce the country’s laws against illegal mining will not attack Ghanaians, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter...
VIDEO: We depend on galamsey to survive – Illegal miners
Illegal miners at Konongo in the Ashanti Region have expressed great disappointment in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government for trying to...
Hot Audio: Small Scale miners to resist intimidation from galamsey soldiers
Small Scale miners in the country have vowed to resist intimidation from newly launched government security task force deployed to various regions to fight...
Over 500,000 jobs to be created for galamseyers – Ofori-Atta
The government has announced that over 500, 000 jobs will be created for the youth who are being stopped from the illegal mining business...
PHOTOS + VIDEO: Gov't Anti-Galamsey taskforce ready for action
The government has stepped up its fight against illegal mining activities as the Military prepares to deploy ten platoons to protect mining sites from...
Galamsey fight: Military deploys 10 platoons to mining sites
The government has stepped up its fight against illegal mining activities as the Military prepares to deploy ten platoons to protect mining sites from...
400 Cops, Soldiers, deployed to Galamsey Areas
A total of 400 police cum military personnel would be deployed to mining areas next week to counter the activities of illegal miners known...
‘Galamsey’ threatens cocoa seedling production
Activities of illegal miners, who use hazardous chemicals in their operations, have made River Birem unsuitable for irrigation purposes, threatening the production of cocoa...
Wassa: One dead in galamsey pit collapse
One person has died in a galamsey pit collapse at Wassa Nananko in the Western Region.
The pit reportedly caved in when three illegal miners...
Galamsey boy jailed 22 years for robbery
Abu Tulasi, a young man working as a galamseyer (illegal miner) who pleaded guilty to robbing a gold dealer of GH?3,100, digital scale valued...
PHOTOS: 4 dead, 15 trapped in galamsey pit in Asante Akyem
Four bodies have been retrieved from a galamsey pit at Pentransa in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality in the Ashanti Region.
The illegal mining pit...