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I will marshal all arsenals to fight galamsey – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his resolve to fight illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in the country.
According to him, not even his quest to...
6 Chinese arrested for alleged involvement in galamsey
Six Chinese, who allegedly invaded forest reserves in the Wassa area of the Western Region with their Ghanaian collaborators to undertake illegal mining, popularly...
Galamseyer jailed for stabbing prostitute
A 25 year-old, Abdul Mugeez has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Tarkwa Circuit Court for stabbing a commercial sex worker at Number...
Soldiers, police to chase night ‘galamseyers’, others – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has said it will deploy a combined team of military and police personnel to illegal mining areas to...
Galamsey queen trial: Chinese interpreter rejected
The search for a Chinese interpreter has once again left the trial of Asian Huang, known popularly as the Chinese galamsey queen, and four...
Blind man, three others arrested for ‘galamsey’
The police have arrested four illegal miners, including a 55-year-old blind man, at Beposo near Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region.
The gang, led by Kwadwo...
We’ve not given up on ‘galamsey’ fight – Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, said government has not given up on the fight against illegal mining also known as ‘galamsey’.
A former Deputy...
Six ‘galamseyers’ arrested at Ayiem
Six persons who were involved in illegal small scale mining at Ayiem, a farming community in the Mpohor District of the western region, have...
Hot video: ‘Hungry’ NDC boys planted ‘spying’ device in 'galamsey minister's office
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has reiterated his call on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack all members of...
I installed 'spying' device in galamsey minister’s office – Mahama Minister
A former Minister under the erstwhile Mahama administration has admitted that he was indeed the one who installed the audiovisual devices at the office...
I put my presidency on the line for galamsey fight- Akufo-Addo
The president, Nana Akufo-Addo has put his presidency on the line with a commitment to end the illegal small scale mining popularly called galamsey...
I’ll win galamsey fight – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is confident the fight against illegal mining – galamsey – will end in praise, but it will take the...
I put my presidency on the line for galamsey fight- Akufo-Addo
The president, Nana Akufo-Addo has put his presidency on the line with a commitment to end the illegal small scale mining popularly called galamsey...
PHOTOS: Planted recording devices removed from ‘galamsey’ minister's office
Operatives of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) have stormed the office of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources to take away cameras...
Nsuta Galamsey pit covered
A mining pit that collapsed at Nsuta near Prestea in the Prestea/Huni-Valley District in the Western Region last Sunday, trapping about 22 illegal miners...
Nsuta disaster proof some are sleeping on galamsey fight – Kweku Baako
Journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako says the Nsuta mine disaster which claimed 17 lives is further proof that the commitment of some local authorities...
Prestea galamseyers died out of disobedience – Owusu Bempah
Founder of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah said the 22 people who perished after a galamsey pit they...
Fetish priest forewarned perished galamseyers
It has been revealed that a fetish priest in the Nsuta area of the Western Region forewarned illegal miners (galamseyers) in the community not...
Hot Audio: Chinese galamseyers taking over jackpot operations in Asikuma
The Presiding Member of the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District Assembly in the Central Region, Isharck Kwasi Anakwa is claiming some Chinese illegal miners in...
14 remain trapped in Prestea-Nsuta galamsey pit 48 hours after collapse
Close to 48 hours after the collapse of an illegal mining pit in Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region, 14 out of the 19 small-scale...
Police declare owners of collapsed Galamsey pit wanted
Police in the Western Region have declared owners of a Galamsey pit believed to have killed about 14 people in Prestea Nsuta wanted.
17 people...
14 feared dead in galamsey pit
Fourteen out of 19 illegal small scale miners (galamseyers) have been trapped in the belly of the earth since Sunday, July 2.
The accident occurred...
Bawumia’s $19bn Chinese loan will bring back galamsey- NDC man
A youth activist of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi is claiming that there could be a possible return of galamsey if the $19bn loan facility...
We will protect Akosombo Dam from galamseyers
Director of the Akosombo Hydro Generating Station, Richard Oppong Mensah, has assured that robust measures are in place to bar illegal miners (Galamseyers) from...
About 220 galamseyers nabbed in Ashanti Region
About 220 illegal small-scale miners in the Ashanti Region who were operating despite a ban on the activity, have been arrested by the Ashanti...
Hot audio: Chinese loan wont affect galamsey fight – Bawumia
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says 15 billion dollar financial partnership entered between Ghana and China will not affect the government’s fight on illegal...
Court revokes bail of Chinese galamseyers
An Accra High Court on Friday revoked the bail granted to two of the Chinese illegal miners operating in the Ashanti region for not...
Galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang returns to mining site
Galamsey kingpin, En Huang also known as Aisha is said to have gone back to the mining concession site at Bepotenteng in the Amansie...
Gold, guns and China: Ghana’s fight to end galamsey
At the start of April, Ghana’s government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they...
Gold, guns and China: Ghana’s fight to end galamsey
At the start of April, Ghana’s government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they...
I’m serious about galamsey fight – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he will not allow illegal mining to destroy the country’s water bodies and forest reserves.
Speaking to the...
Galamsey operator jailed 14 years for robbery
A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced an illegal miner (galamsey operator) to 14 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery.
The convict, Joseph Boakye alias...
Kofi Wayo asks military to withdraw from all galamsey areas
Maverick politician and founder of the defunct United Renaissance Party (URP), Mr Charles Kofi Wayo, who says he has resigned from politics on Friday...
I’m confident government will stop galamsey – Okyenhene
Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin II, has urged all Ghanaians to confidence in the Akuffo Addo administration to bring an end to the galamsey...
Fighting galamsey: EPA engages in tree planting in Kyebi
As part of preparations to mark this year’s World Environment Day Celebrations on Monday, 5th June, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has planted 1,000...
Galamseyers and Assemblyman planned Captain Mahama’s death – Native alleges
A native of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region called Kojo Duku is alleging that the murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama was a long time...
Galamsey “queen” Aisha Huang, four others granted bail
Chinese ‘galamsey queen’ Asia Huang has been granted bail in the sum of GHC 500,000 by an Accra High Court.
She is to provide two...
Russians charged over galamsey
An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned until June 14, a ruling on the bail application filed by lawyers of the two Russians and two...
Photos: Three Chinese arrested for ‘galamsey’
Three Chinese nationals have been arrested near Kyebi in the Eastern Region for engaging in illegal mining.
A surface mining equipment was found at the...
‘Galamsey fight now against principalities and demons’
The fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey has now moved from physical to spiritual.
This, according to New Patriotic Party (NPP) member, Henry...