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We Shutdown Pumps Every 2-Days Due To Galamsey

The Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) efforts to work around the dire pollution brought on by illegal mining, is...

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Neglect of Mining Communities Promoting Galamsey

A research fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kojo Asante, has observed that illegal mining...

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Army, Police Must Take Over Combat Against Illegal Mining

Several challenges have come in the way of the long-lasting fight against the widespread practice of illegal mining in...

International

Record UK Car Sales Ahead of Tax Change

A record number of new cars were registered in March as drivers rushed to beat a new tax that came into force on 1...

Business

Government Must Focus On Youth In Agriculture – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for a strong focus aimed at encouraging youth to consider opting for...

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ExxonMobil, Qatar Petroleum Sign Cyprus Gas Deal

US giant ExxonMobil with Qatar Petroleum on Wednesday signed a licence to explore for oil and gas off the coast of...

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Nigeria Starts Vaccine Drive To Stop Meningitis Outbreak

Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis...

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Government Suspends Licence For Small-Scale Mining

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has placed a moratorium on licences for small-scale mining in an attempt to...

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Galamsey Could Escalate Tensions With Cote d’Ivoire – Kwesi Aning

The cancer of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, that has gone unchecked in Ghana could escalate already existing...

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Galamsey Could Escalate Tensions With Cote d’Ivoire

The cancer of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, that has gone unchecked in Ghana could escalate already existing...

Business

Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill Passed

Parliament has passed the Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill which will review the two components of the levies...

Business

Tigo Fisher’s Network Launched

The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), a US government funded food security project, which...

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Fish Farming In Danger

Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and...

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Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill Passed

PARLIAMENT has passed the Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill which will review the two components of the levies...

International

Colombia President Defends Rescue Effort

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has defended his government's response to the Mocoa landslide, saying rescue...

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Tigo Fisher’s Network Launched

The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), a US government funded food security project, which...

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Drought Shatters Turkana’s Dreams of A Better Future

In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations...

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Fish Farming In Danger

Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and...

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Government Lauds Media Campaign Against Galamsey; Pledges Support

The government has lauded the ongoing media campaign to end illegal mining, pledging to support the advocacy. Minister...