The Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) efforts to work around the dire pollution brought on by illegal mining, is making its operations inefficient and less cost-effective. Very few of GWCL’s...
The Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) efforts to work around the dire pollution brought on by illegal mining, is making its operations inefficient and less cost-effective. Very few of GWCL’s...
A research fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kojo Asante, has observed that illegal mining has become a norm in recent times because societies are aggrieved that a chunk of...
Several challenges have come in the way of the long-lasting fight against the widespread practice of illegal mining in the country, otherwise known as galamsey. This has then led to calls by...
A record number of new cars were registered in March as drivers rushed to beat a new tax that came into force on 1 April. There was an 8.4% rise in sales of new cars from the same time last year -...
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for a strong focus aimed at encouraging youth to consider opting for agriculture sector. In addition, he advocated for better seeds, fertiliser and...
US giant ExxonMobil with Qatar Petroleum on Wednesday signed a licence to explore for oil and gas off the coast of Cyprus, and they expect to start drilling next year. The venture was selected as...
Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis that has killed nearly 340 people since late last year. The Nigeria Centre for...
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has placed a moratorium on licences for small-scale mining in an attempt to properly map out strategies to clamp down on illegal mining activities across...
The cancer of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, that has gone unchecked in Ghana could escalate already existing tensions with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning,...
The cancer of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, that has gone unchecked in Ghana could escalate already existing tensions with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning,...
Parliament has passed the Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill which will review the two components of the levies downwards. National Electrification Scheme Levy and the Public Lighting Levy have also...
The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), a US government funded food security project, which seeks to rebuild Ghana’s marine fish stock, has signed a partnership agreement...
Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have raised alarm over dangers posed to many fish...
PARLIAMENT has passed the Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill which will review the two components of the levies downwards. National Electrification Scheme Levy and the Public Lighting Levy have...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has defended his government's response to the Mocoa landslide, saying rescue agencies were brought together just hours after the disaster. Mr Santos has faced...
The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), a US government funded food security project, which seeks to rebuild Ghana’s marine fish stock, has signed a partnership agreement...
In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations of poverty and neglect in Kenya's arid north would end. But it was not to be:...
Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have raised alarm over dangers posed to many fish...
The government has lauded the ongoing media campaign to end illegal mining, pledging to support the advocacy. Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Peter Amewu, is confident the media crusade...
