The issue of undocumented mining operations popularly called ‘galamsey’ in Ghana has reached alarming proportions. In the town of Konongo-Odumase in the Asanti region, locals are reportedly mining their own homes for gold. This practice, according to some community leaders has been going on in the area for years. A Senior citizen told Ghnewsnow that unlike other communities […]
Over 30 illegal miners are feared dead at Banda Nkwanta at Bole in the Northern Region of Ghana after a mine pit in the Mole National Park in which they were working caved in on them Monday evening. Six bodies have so far been retrieved from the pit in which they where prospecting for Gold. An
Dr. Samuel Sarpong, Ashanti Regional Minister, has inaugurated an eight-member committee to regulate and streamline the activities of illegal mining in the region. The eight-member committee would be chaired by the Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Joseph Yammin. Membership of the committee comprises the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kofi Boakye, Commander of the Fourth Battalion
By Isaac Kojo Bediako Subriso Fante – Ghana – Six people have died after a mining pit collapsed on them at Subrisu Fante in the Ahafo Ano North District of the Ashanti region in Ghana. Several others sustained various degrees of injuries and were sent to Tepa government hospital for treatement. The illegal miners were
