Tag Archives: galamsey

Dr. Murtala Mohammed, the Environment, Science, and Technology Minister, has denied allegations that the government has not successfully combated illegal mining or galamsey. He claims that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration has only been in power for two months ...

John Dumelo, the deputy minister-designate for food and agriculture, has voiced alarm over the growing number of cocoa farmers selling their land to small-scale illicit miners in return for large profits. The member from Ayawaso West Wuogon ascribed this change ...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, is complaining about the illegal miners who invaded his mining concession and caused serious damage. He said he was disappointed that illegal mining is still thriving in spite of government efforts to address the ...

A fresh illegal mining (galamsey) siege on the Tano-Anwia forest reserve in the Western region’s Aowin municipality has resulted in two fatalities and one critically injured. JoyNews can confirm that on Wednesday, January 22, two gangs besieged the woodland and ...

Wilfred Katey Adoduadji, the director of education for the Ellembelle District, has expressed worries regarding the detrimental effects of illegal mining on local schooling. Adoduadji disclosed to an audience during the Kikam-Asemko Kundum Festival that the widespread illicit mining operations ...

The proprietors of a mining site in Asumenya, close to Manso Nkran, are the subject of a request from the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining for their kidnapping, assault, and seizure of three Multimedia Group employees’ equipment. The IGP is ...

At Asumenya, near Manso Nkran in the Ashanti region, three employees of Multimedia Group Limited, among them Erastus Asare Donkor, have been attacked by armed men posing as employees of Edelmetallum Resources Limited, a mining site. They were attacked by ...

Dr Dominic Ayine, the former deputy attorney general, has suggested taking a more drastic stance in the battle against galamsey, or illicit mining. A “shoot on sight” policy, according to the MP from Bolgatanga East seat, would be more advantageous ...

John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) presidential candidate for 2024, has informed President Nana Akufo-Addo that it is his duty to handle the problem of illicit mining, also referred to as “galamsey,” while he is still in power. ...

  As part of its continuous efforts to tackle illegal mining, sometimes known as “galamsey,” the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have launched a new partnership with small-scale miners. In addition to stepping up the fight against galamsey, which has seriously ...