The Chief Justice has designated 14 courts that will be dedicated to handling mining offences committed under the Minerals and Mining Act, (Act 703) and (Amendment) Act 2015 (Act 900). The...
The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy, has alleged that the former governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, was forced to resign by the New Patriotic...
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has lamented what it calls the disturbing “loud silence” of the clergy, civil society groups and others relevant bodies, following the incidents...
As co-chair of SDG Advocates, President Akufo-Addo will work to promote the United Nations’ agenda of global sustainable development. United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has replaced John Mahama as the Co-Chair of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates. This was announced by the United Nations...
President Akufo-Addo will co-chair the group alongside the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, until the end of 2018.The SDG advocates comprise 16 persons meant to support the UN...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has replaced John Mahama as the Co-Chair of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates. This was announced by the United Nations...
Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has dismissed any possible threat to the bilateral relations between China and Ghana over the fight against illegal mining popularly called galamsey. Mr. Hamid...
The Interior Ministry has denied rumours that it now listens in on phone conversations and monitors social media activities of Ghanaians. The Ministry has therefore called on the general public to...
South African President Jacob Zuma has branded protesters calling for his resignation “racists”, saying they held placards that were derogatory about black people. Thousands of people took to the...
The National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC), has called on the government to lead emergency efforts to end illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in the country. The...
South African President Jacob Zuma has branded protesters calling for his resignation “racists”, saying they held placards that were derogatory about black people. Thousands of people took to the...
The independent Presidential Candidate in the 2016 general elections Jacob Osei Yeboah has stirred the controversy surrounding the operations of Kumasi based political vigilante group with...
The National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC), has called on the government to lead emergency efforts to end illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in the country. The...
A civil society group, Right Alliance-Ghana, has described as unprofessional, the conduct of the Police before, during and after the infamous Delta Force attack on a Circuit Court in Kumasi that...
The Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has warned that the government will not find it easy in its fight against illegal mining, popularly known in the local language as ‘galamsey’ because of...
The Leadership and entire membership of the Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) condemns in the most vehement terms the reckless attack on the Judicial Arm of Government by the Delta Force...
Civil Society groups has since rise in support of media campaign against Galamsey About 50 excavators are being sent from gold-mining town Prestea in the Western Region to Accra as a sign of...
Minerals Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Solidaridad West Africa to promote responsible mining practices in small-scale gold mines. The MoU is to formalise an...
Energy think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has said it supports the emerging national consensus to deal with illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in Ghana. A statement issued and...