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GHc1.14 Bn Needed To Restore Galamsey Affected Lands In Western Region

It will cost Ghana at least GH¢1.4 billion to restore about fifty percent of lands affected by illegal mining...

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Aburihene Apologises To Okyehene Over Galamsey Accusation

The Chief of Aburi, Otubuor Gyan Kwasi II, has rendered an unqualified apology to the Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori...

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Prestea Chief Pledges Support For MP Over Galamsey Fight

The Paramount Chief of Prestea-Himan Traditional Area, Nana Ntaboah Prah IV, has told the Member of Parliament for the...

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Army Chief Suspended Over ‘galamsey’

Lieutenant Colonel GNK Hoenyedzi, Commanding Officer of 2 Battalion of Infantry (2Bn), Takoradi has been recalled to...

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Galamsey Operators Vow Not Stop Mining If…

Illegal small-scale miners also known as (galamsey) in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region have threatened...

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Galamseyers In Kumasi To Petition Otumfuo Over Gov’t Crack Down

The Small Scale Miners Association in Kumasi says it will petition the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over...

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One Dead, 2 Others Hospitalized After Falling Into Galamsey Pit

One person has died while two others have been hospitalized after they fell into an abandoned galamsey pit at Kwabedu,...

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Aggrieved Illegal Miners Want Otumfuo To Get Gov’t To Soften Stands On Galamsey

Some aggrieved artisanal miners in the Ashanti region are to petition the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over...

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Lands Minister Sacks 9 District Mine Inspectors

Nine district mine officers of the Minerals Commission have been asked to proceed on indefinite leave with immediate...

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Illegal Miners Will Be Engaged In Tree Planting Program – Amewu

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that all illegal miners will be engaged in...

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Chiefs Lead Operation To Destroy Galamsey Equipment

IN the wake of the anti-galamsey campaign by government and the media, residents of Prestea, Heman and surrounding...

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Chiefs Lead Operation To Destroy Galamsey Equipment

IN the wake of the anti-galamsey campaign by government and the media, residents of Prestea, Heman and surrounding...

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Galamsey Vs Environmental Conflicts

Everywhere you look headlines scream #Stop Galamsey Now! But, if you have lived in a place in Ghana where...

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Illegal Miners In Tarkwa Promise To Show MP ‘pepper’ For Planning To Stop Galamsey

Illegal miners in Tarkwa-Breman in the Prestea Huni-Valley of the Western Region have said they will teach their Member...

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Apologise To Okyenhene For Galamsey Comments – Group To Aburihene

The Okyeman Youth Association (OYA) has called on the Aburihene, Otobour Gyan Kwasi, to render apology to the...

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Aburihene Must Apologise To Okyehene Over ‘galamsey’ Comment

The youth in Akyem have written to the Chief of Aburi, Otubuor Gyan Kwasi II, to render unqualified apology to...

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Ghana’s Cocoa Risk International Boycott Over Galamsey – Minister

The Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has said that Ghana’s premium cocoa risks being banned on the...

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Ghana’s Cocoa Risk International Boycott Over Galamsey

The Western Regional Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie, has said that Ghana’s premium cocoa risks being banned on the...

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Prestea Residents Kick Against Galamsey Ban

Some residents of Prestea in the Prestea Huni Valley District of the Western Region, are kicking against the ban on all...