Calls for a major clampdown against the activities of illegal miners have been shot down by a security expert, Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning. According to the Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi...
The imminent threat of Ghana’s water resources running dry in a few years gets scarier by the day. Water treatment plants are being shut down one after the other almost every time, due to...
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 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...
The Ghana Water Company limited (GWCL), has lamented effects of illegal mining activities on its production capacity, as it currently produces forty percent below its national production capacity....
By: Austin Brakopowers If there’s one advice I will proffer to the Lands and Forestry Minister, John Peter Amewu, it is that he should stop talking and begin to act. Talk is akin to a gun with an...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the solution to dealing with the destructive activities of illegal miners known as 'galamseyers' has to be comprehensive. He told journalists in Kumasi...
Campaign Coordinator of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), says the credibility of the of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession under the Millennium Challenge Account is...
Finally, the management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital have admitted to oxygen and water shortage at the facility which has been described as a major challenge confronting the facility. The...
DEPUTY Minister of Justice and Attorney-General-designate has said illegal mining known as ‘galamsey’ is akin to committing mass murder and must be “completely” banned. Joseph Dindiok Kpemka...
A deputy Justice Minister-designate has said illegal mining known as galamsey is akin to committing mass murder and must be "completely" banned. Joseph Dindiok Kpemka told Parliament’s Appointments...
Mr Amewu during the meeting literally begged China to help in the fight against Chinese galamsey operators who are contributing to the destruction of Ghana’s environment through illegal mining....
The Chinese diplomatic mission in Ghana has pledged its support to government to help in the fight against illegal mining popularly referred to as 'galamsey' involving some of its nationals. Hundreds...
An operation by the Western Regional Police Command to flush out miscreants engaged in illegal mining (galamsey) in river bodies has led to the arrest of five Chinese nationals who were reportedly...
Ing Dr Clifford Braimah, Dean of the School of Engineering at the Tamale Technical University and Former Northern Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been appointed as the...
Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako says he is losing faith in the nation because of successive governments' failure to stop illegal mining popularly called,...
Work on a 3.3 million gallons water project in Wa, the Upper West regional capital, has been completed. The water supply system which is currently being test run will be ready for distribution to...
Consumers in the Central Region owe the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to the tune of GH¢57,555,428.00 with Government debt amounting to more than GH¢41.2M. The government debt constitutes the...
The Interior Ministry has announced plans to roll out a sustained nationwide campaign against illegal miners whose activities are destroying lands and polluting rivers. Interior Minister, Ambrose...
The Interior Ministry has announced plans to roll out a sustained nationwide campaign against illegal miners whose activities are destroying lands and polluting rivers. Interior Minister, Ambrose...
