Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has criticized government’s blanket ban and indiscriminate arrest of small scale miners in its quest to fight galamsey. He says, the government should rather...
Energy expert, Kwadwo Poku is in agreement with First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu urging soldiers to shoot and kill persons involved in illegal mining known as galamsey, when...
One of the accused persons in the case in which Aisha Huang and some four other Chinese nationals are standing trial for engaging in illegal mining has defied the court order asking him to file his...
Since gaining independence in 1957, Ghana has focused on improving access to education and achieving universal enrolment. Primary education became free in 1961 and the 1980s saw major reforms swept...
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is calling on government to immediately lift the ban on their activities to save its members from further financial crisis. According to...
Four Chinese and three Ghanaian illegal miners operating in the Pra River in Twifo Abuboi in the Central Region have been arrested. The illegal small-scale miners were arrested by the Twifo...
Three Chinese and a Ghanaian have been arrested in the Diaso Forest, near Ayiem in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region for engaging in illegal mining. They are: Wi, Pancho Hu, Tan...
Mr Mustapha Hamid, Minister of Information, Wednesday said the fight against illegal mining would continue unabated until all illegalities in the mining sector was regularised and sanity restored in...
A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbra Oteng Gyasi, says government is yet to decide on when to lift the ban on small-scale mining activities in the country. According to the...
The Ghana Journalists Association has presented prizes to awardees of the 2016 GJA Awards. Journalist of the Year Kwame Sefa Kayi though not received a 200,000 cedi-three bedroom house while other...
Three illegal miners have been arrested by the Asokwa District Police at Nweneso in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. They were arrested after the District Chief Executive for...
Fifteen illegal miners operating within the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region have been arrested by a combined anti-galamsey taskforce. They have been handed over to the Police. A...
An Accra High Court has dismissed an application for a review of bail conditions filed by lawyer for Chinese galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang. According to the court, presided over by Justice Charles...
Small Scale Miners Association has expressed total disappointment in the government for extending ban on small scale mining. Members have therefore questioned the kind of policy government wants to...
A hectare of degraded land caused by the activities of illegal small-scale miners would cost the government GH¢ 60,000 to restore it to the natural state, Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands...
The government of Nana Akufo-Addo has been taking giant strides towards ensuring that illegal mining commonly known in Ghana as galamsey becomes a story of the past, together with all its associated...
Ghana has denied media reports that it has cancelled the issuance of emergency entry visas, popularly referred to as visa on arrival, to foreign nationals. Media reports quoting Chieftaincy and...
Commander of Operation Vanguard, Col William Agyapong is shocked by the 504 illegal miners arrested barely three months into its operations. He said the taskforce has picked intelligence about...
The Omanhene of Nsein Traditional Area, Awulae Agyefi Kwame II, has commended President Akufo-Addo for the “courageous decision” to fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. He...
The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that government is in the process of procuring drones worth about three million dollars ($3m) to facilitate the...
