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), ...
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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 ...
Ghana tightens visa rules for Chinese nationals to curb galamsey
Government has introduced stricter visa procedures for Chinese nationals to combat illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. Foreign Affairs Minister ...
GoldBod donates GH₵5m, five Hilux pickups to back anti-galamsey fight
In a major move to curb illegal mining in Ghana, the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has contributed GH₵5 million and ...
Mahama’s response on galamsey ‘not pleasing to many’ – Vanderpuye
The National Coordinator for the District Roads Improvement Programme (DRIP), Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has acknowledged that President John Dramani ...
W/R: 50 chanfangs seized as NAIMOS, Blue Water Guards raid Ankobra River
A major anti-galamsey crackdown along the Ankobra River in the Western Region has led to the seizure and destruction of ...
Atiwa East: Taskforce destroys 100 galamsey machines, two arrested
The Anti-illegal Mining Taskforce in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region has dismantled major galamsey sites, destroying nearly ...
Body of University student drowned on his way to engage in galamsey retrieved
The body of a university student, identified as Hanson Baah, popularly known as Armani, who reportedly drowned in the River ...
Galamsey: Over 1,300 arrested, 425 excavators and machinery seized – Lands Minister
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has announced a significant milestone in the government’s fight against ...
