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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced a new collaboration with small-scale miners as part of its ongoing efforts to combat illegal mining, commonly known as “galamsey.” This initiative aims to promote responsible mining practices while intensifying the fight against galamsey, which has caused significant environmental damage across the country. In a press statement issued […]
A CALL FOR UNITY IN PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE ;THE GHANA COUNCIL OF THE RASTAFARI HAS RAISED CONCERN ON THE RECENT DEVASTATING PRACTICE WHICH HAS LEAD TO THE DISTRACTION OF OUR LAND WHICH WE LOCALLY CALL ‘GALAMSEY‘. WE APPEAL TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL COUNCIL AUTHORITIES,CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION AND RELIGIOUS BODIES TO JOIN FORCE IN
By Veronica Nyamekye A civil society group, Save The Nation For Future Leaders, has appealed to Government to declare mining an illegal activity to save the nation, its waters, land, green cover and fauna from any further degradation and to preserve it for for future generations. The group suggested that, the government must concentrate on agricultural production,
Kwesi E. Baako takes on ‘Senior Minister’ Yaw Osafo Marfo after he said at an event that it was OK not to prosecute Chinese national Aisha Huang for illegal mining in Ghana
Kwesi E. Baako takes on the subject of the public using social media to support people who have been caught up in corruption and other charges. This follows the release of a video by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas showing the General Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue receiving money
Africa House at the New York University invited President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to address a Town Hall meeting on his visit to New York. In his welcome address, Dr. Yaw Nyarko, moderator of the event touted the progress Ghana has achieved over the years, proof of which is the absence of news in the
A Criminal High Court presided over by Justice Edward Charles Ekow Baiden has remanded ‘Galamsey’ Kingpin AISHA HUANG, the 31-year-old Chinese woman suspected to be one of Ghana’s most notorious illegal miners and her three other Chinese colleagues in Prison custody. According to immigration prosecutor Peter Klaver Antuo, it took them several hours before they
Heads of churches in the Ashanti region have resolved to assist the government in the ongoing fight against illegal mining locally referred to as galamsey. The Christian group says it cannot keep mute on the issue because their silence against the menace emboldens the accomplices. Addressing the media in the Ashanti region Tuesday, Right Reverend
The Ashanti regional police command in collaboration with the military has deployed 140 armed police and military personnel to flush out illegal miners operating at Obuasi and Susanso. The move, according to the Ashanti regional police commander DCOP Ken Yeboah, aims at supporting the government’s attempt at ending the galamsey menace which is destroying Ghana’s
Two Teenagers have been confirmed dead at Bomaa in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region after a mining pit caved on them on Thursday. The deceased persons identified as Yaw Sarkodie19 and Opoku Prince, 17 had gone to the abandoned Galamsey pit to prospect for gold when it caved on them but all attempts
