‘Minister Is Joking’
Leader of the United Front Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng, has described the lands and natural resources minister’s three-week ultimatum to illegal miners to halt their activities as government...
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Government Puts Moratorium On Small-Scale Mining Licences
The government of Ghana has put a moratorium on licensing of small-scale miners. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, says the moratorium is aimed at helping fight the illegal...
What Can Creative Artists Do To Help Fight ‘galamsey’?
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” This is one of my favourites quotes from Martin Luther King Jnr. Every human being lives in a community whose activities directly or...
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 tensions with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning,...
What Can Creative Artists Do To Help Fight ‘galamsey’? [Article]
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” This is one of my favourites quotes from Martin Luther King Jnr. Every human being lives in a community whose activities directly or...
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 tensions with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning,...
Don’t Be Violent In Fighting Galamsey – Kwesi Aning
Security expert, Dr. Kwesi Aning, has urged government and other stakeholders in Ghana’s mining sector not to resort to the use of violent means in addressing the phenomenon of illegal mining,...
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 for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Peter Amewu, is confident the media crusade...
I’m In Full Support of the Media’s Coalition Against Galamsey
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. John Peter Amewu has assured that he will support the media campaign against the menace. Speaking at the launch of the media coalition against illegal...
Stop Galamsey Now – DKB Warns
DKB has urged Ghanaians to join the fight against “illegal mining” galamsey carried out at various parts of the country. Clearly peeved by galamsey activities that poses danger to the environment...
Why President Akufo-Addo Will Win Galamsey Fight
Information Minister, Mustapha Abdul Hamid Tuesday placed the full weight of government behind the Media Coalition Against Galamsey (#StopGalamsey), saying that the government has no excuse not to...
Wontumi Is ‘president of Galamseyers’; NPP Should Stop Pretending – Bature
Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper and a self-confessed sympathizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Iddrisu Bature has asked members of the NPP to stop wasting time assuring...
IMANI Supports Citi FM’s #StopGalamseyNow Campaign
Several organisations and individuals, continue to throw their weight behind Citi FM’s campaign against the menace of galamsey in the country. Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, is the latest civil...
Government Has No Excuse Not To Stop Galamsey
Information Minister, Mustapha Abdul Hamid Tuesday placed the full weight of government behind the Media Coalition Against Galamsey (#StopGalamsey), saying that the government has no excuse not to...
‘Name and Shame’ All Parties Complicit To Illegal Mining
Mr Kenneth Ashigbey has called on the Media Coalition against Galamsey to name and shame all parties complicit to illegal mining in the country. Speaking to media houses present at the launch of the...
GHC50k Chinese Donation Won’t Influence Us – Police
The Ghana Police Service has dismissed claims that a GHC50, 000 donation by a Chinese businessman will influence its fight against illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’. The Chairman of...
BNI Operatives Engaged In Galamsey – David Agbey
David Agbey, has revealed that there are several operatives of the BNI involved in illicit mining A security expert, David Agbey, has revealed that there are several operatives of the Bureau of...
Ghana’s Media Unite To Fight Illegal Mining (galamsey)
Media houses in Ghana have joined forces in the fight against a canker that has bedeviled the country for years now, threatening the very existence of its citizens. This canker, illegal mining...
MP Highlights Danger In Galamsey Fight
Henry Yeboah Yiadom-Boachie revealed that “the forces behind the galamsey are huge and dangerous and so those who are going to fight them should be prepared”. “If go with empty hand asking them...
Religious Groups Join Fight Against Illegal Mining
Some religious groups have begun joining the fight against illegal mining popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’ in the country. Chairman of the Pentecost Church, Apostle Professor Opoku Nyina says...