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Minister Fingers ECG For ‘promoting Galamsey’
The Electricity Company of Ghana has been accused of contributing to illegal mining activities, popularly known as...
Chinese Nationals Arrested While Mining Opposite Tarkwa SHS
The Tarkwa Police Station has arrested 10 Chinese nationals suspected to be engaged in illegal mining. The 10 were...
No PSGL, No Vote In 2020 Polls–Aggrieved Residents Declare
Chiefs and people in Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region have threatened to boycott all electioneering...
Mass Burial Held For Nsuta 22 Pit Disaster Victims
A mass burial service was on Friday, July 7, 2017, held for the twenty-two (22) illegal miners who were trapped in a...
Why Mass Burial Was Given To 22 Trapped Victims
The Prestea mine collapse victims were given a mass burial as rescue team could not find the 22 trapped persons… The...
22 Trapped Victims Given Mass Burial
The 22 illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western Region have been given a mass...
Gov’t Orders Closure of Collapsed Mine Pit At Prestea-Nsuta
The Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister has with immediate effect, suspended search and rescue efforts for the...
Prestea-Nsuta Mining Pit Sealed With ‘dead’ Bodies Underground
The collapsed mining pit in Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region has been sealed off completely, as per word given...
Five Bodies Spotted In Collapsed Ghana Mine
Five bodies were spotted in an illegal goldmine that collapsed in Ghana, a government official said Wednesday, as the...
One Body Retrieved From Collapsed Mining Pit In Prestea
The body of one of the 14 persons trapped in a collapsed mining pit at Prestea Nsuta in the Western Region has been...
Nsuta-Prestea Accident Compels Gov’t To Step Up Galamsey Fight; Military To Be Deployed
The Government is set to deploy the military to illegal mining areas as it begins a new chapter in the war against the...
Number of Trapped Illegal Miners Now 17, Police Declares Pit Owner Wanted
The number of illegal miners trapped in collapsed pit at Nsuta in the Western region has shot up to 17 from the...
Arsenal Striker Pays Visits Family In Home Country
Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck is in Ghana to spend his summer holidays in his home country. The 26-year-old will be...
Ghana Is Not Poor Afterall; We Did Not Need Aisha Huang To Come and Tell Us
Ghana is not poor afterall; We did not need Aisha Huang to come and tell us They came from thousands of miles away,...
Only 12 Mining Engineers Available In Ghana; Deputy Minister Needs Over 100
Government is recruiting mining engineers and inspectors as it enters the next stage of the anti-galamsey crusade. For...
Asantehene Applauds Government For Fight Against Galamsey
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the government for its bold step to halt illegal mining (galamsey),...
Illegal Miners Smuggled $7bn Worth of Gold
More than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from the country in 2016 alone,...
Small Scale Miners Disagree With Lands Minister Over Moratorium
The government and the Association of Small Scale Miners appear to have both taken entrenched positions on the...
Government To Deploy Drones To Fight Galamsey
Government will soon deploy drones to monitor water bodies across the country in the quest to halt illegal mining...