Apology Accepted But…
THE audio-visual device discovered in the office of the current Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has generated heated public discourse, with various interpretations being...
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Soldiers, Police To Chase Night ‘galamseyers’, Others
The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has said it will deploy a combined team of military and police personnel to illegal mining areas to stop galamsey. This forms part of efforts to sustain the...
Galamsey Run By Network of Politicians, Chiefs
PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has noted that he was convinced that the galamsey trade was being perpetrated by a network of politicians, businessmen and “I daresay, nananom.” President...
My Life Is In Danger For Fighting Galamsey In Prestea
Divisional Chief of Prestea Traditional Area in Prestea Huni Valley District of the Western Region, Nana Ntaboah Prah IV, has lamented that he has been receiving constant verbal threats from illegal...
‘Galamsey Run By Network of Politicians, Chiefs
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has noted that he was convinced that the galamsey trade was being perpetrated by a network of politicians, businessmen and “I daresay, nananom.” President...
Birim River Taking Shape After Galamsey Fight [Photos]
The Birim River and some of its tributaries in the Eastern Region are regenerating their natural ecology months after the destructive illegal mining on them was stopped. The rivers had become muddy...
GAF Joins Galamsey Fight
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has indicated their commitment and preparedness to join the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey,’ in the country. The move by GAF, according to...
Kyei-Mensah Slams Inusah Fuseini Over Spying Device
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has taken a swipe at former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, for failing to inform his successor, Nii Osah...
Six ‘galamseyers’ Arrested At Ayiem
Six persons who were involved in illegal small scale mining at Ayiem, a farming community in the Mpohor District of the western region, have been arrested by police in the district. The six were...
Illegal Fuel Trade More Costly Than Galamsey
The Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers of Ghana (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, has suggested that illegalities in the sale of contaminated fuel is more costly than illegal mining...
Lands Ministry Names Mining Firms With ‘military Protection’
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has named some mining firms that will from henceforth have military protection. This comes weeks after the sector Minister, Peter John Amewu, criticized...
Former NDC MP Rallies Support For Govt’s Fight Against Galamsey
According to the former MP, the fight against illegal mining should not be politicized because it is affecting water bodies, land, forest and other natural resources which have direct impact on...
I Installed ‘spying’ Device During My Time – Inusah Fuseini Owns Up
Former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini has claimed ownership for the audiovisual recording device found in the office of the current Land minister’s office. An audio visual...
Nana Determined To End Galamsey
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has put his presidency on the line with a commitment to end the illegal small scale mining, popularly called galamsey in Ghana. Rallying Ghana’s traditional...
Another Mining Disaster Looms
Barely a week after the country was hit by one of its worst mining disasters at Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region, Today can report that another disaster may soon occur in the same community. The...
‘We’ll Reclaim Lands Lost To Galamsey’
Government will sustain the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, President Nana Afdo has promised. The President also pledged to do everything within his power to restore...
Galamseyers Behind Bugging of Minister’s Office – Dr. Aning Suggests
The audiovisual recording device in the office of the Lands and Natural Resources Minister could have been planted there by persons against his fight against illegal mining (galamsey), security...
We’ve Not Given Up On Galamsey Fight – Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said government has not given up on the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey. A former Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources,...
Stop Galamsey But Assist Miners – GGDP Urges Gov’t
The Ghana Growth and Development Platform (GGDP) says it supports governments effort to stop galamsey, but wants this done “simultaneously with measures to reform galamsey operations”. They also...
Mass Burial Held For Nsuta 22 Pit Disaster Victims
A mass burial service was on Friday, July 7, 2017, held for the twenty-two (22) illegal miners who were trapped in a galamsey pit at Nsuta in the Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region....