Revocation of L.I. 2462 a major victory against illegal mining – CSOs laud Mahama gov’t
Ghana’s leading environmental and civil society organisations have welcomed the government’s revocation of Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, calling it a ...
Tag: Galamsey
Gov’t revokes controversial L.I. 2462 to protect forest reserves and fight galamsey
The Government of Ghana has officially repealed Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which previously gave the President the authority to approve ...
Galamsey: Minority alleges 17 deaths in 2025, blames govt’s inaction to curb menace
The Minority in Parliament has raised alarm over the rising human cost of illegal mining, disclosing that at least 17 ...
Ankobra: NAIMOS raids galamsey site, destroys over 100 illegal structures
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has carried out a major clampdown on illegal mining activities along the Ankobra ...
Galamsey: Wontumi granted GH₵15m bail, three sureties in Akonta Mining case
The High Court in Accra has granted a GH₵15m bail with three sureties to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ...
Galamsey: National Security Council confident we can win without state of emergency – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has clarified that Ghana does not currently require a state of emergency to combat illegal mining, ...
No excavator imported under Akufo-Addo was registered with DVLA – Lands Minister
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, has accused the previous Akufo-Addo administration of creating fertile ground for illegal ...
Akonta Mining: AG summons Chairman Wontumi over galamsey charges
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has given the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), ...
Mahama meets CSOs for national dialogue on galamsey crisis
President John Dramani Mahama has invited more than fifty of Ghana’s most influential civil society organisations (CSOs) for a landmark ...
Galamsey: Act now or betray Ghana – Catholic Bishops to Mahama
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has urged President John Dramani Mahama to immediately declare a state of emergency in areas ...
