Gbane Mine Blast Kills 5
A mine blast which occurred at Gbane in the Upper East region last Thursday is said to have killed f A mine blast which occurred at Gbane in the Upper East region last Thursday is said to have killed...
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Court Refuses Bail For 5 Chinese, 5 Ghanaian Galamseyers
Investigations revealed other chinese were involved in renting out equipment for the nefarious act The Sekondi High Court on Monday morning refused bail for the five Chinese nationals and their five...
ACEP Supports Citi FM’s #StopGalamseyNow Campaign
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has joined the growing number of groups and individuals supporting Citi FM’s campaign against illegal mining, popularly known as Galamsey. ACEP declared...
Police Intimidating Us – Aowin Galamsey Taskforce
An anti-galamsey taskforce in the Aowin District of the Western Region are accusing the Police of intimidating them in a bid to prevent them stop their fight against illegal mining activities in the...
ACEP Joins Fight Against Galamsey
Energy think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has said it supports the emerging national consensus to deal with illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in Ghana. A statement issued and...
Go After Politicians and Chiefs Engaging In Galamsey – Minister Tells Police
The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfuor has charged the Police to start arresting politicians and chiefs behind illegal mining activities in the region. Troubled by the destructive...
Galamsey Operators Suspend Activities In Support of Ending the Menace
Some galamsey operators in four districts of the Western region have pledge to suspend their activities in support of government’s fight to end the menace. They contend that the devastating impact...
Chiefs Have Contributed To Galamsey
has said chiefs have contributed to illegal mining activities popularly called galamsey in the country. The campaign against galamsey activities which has destroyed our water bodies and vegetation he...
I Was Almost Arrested For Stopping Illegal Chinese Miners
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm has revealed that he was almost arrested for trying to stop some Chinese who were into illegal mining activities. According to...
Galamsey Affecting Power Supply In Eastern Region – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region. The company explained that the...
Selling Our Birth Right In the Guise of Trade [Article]
It is a glaring scenario and reality that for many years, we have succeeded in selling our birth right to foreigners. Particularly, in recent times, we seem to have sold it to the Chinese, who have...
Illegal Mining Affecting Our Operations
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region. The company explains that, the...
Fight Against Galamsey Will Yield No Result If Affected Victims Don’t Join
former Member of Parliament for the Kade constituency, lawyer Ofosu Asamoah has posited that the fight against illegal mining popularly called galamsey is only a wish that will never come through due...
Ghanaians Share Their Views On How Government Should Deal With the Galamsey Menace.
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...
Galamsey Affecting Power Supply – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region. The company explained that the...
Politicians, Police Are Chief Culprits of Illegal Mining
Calls to stop galamsey in Ghana, has been on a very high increase in recent times, with some of the agitations tagged stop galamsey now, anti-galamsey campaign, and things like that. Of course, the...
Galamsey Affecting Power Supply In the Eastern Region – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region. The company explained that the...
We Shutdown Pumps Every 2-Days Due To Galamsey – GWCL
The Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) efforts to work around the dire pollution brought on by illegal mining, is making its operations inefficient and less cost-effective. Very few of GWCL’s...
We Shutdown Pumps Every 2-Days Due To Galamsey
The Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) efforts to work around the dire pollution brought on by illegal mining, is making its operations inefficient and less cost-effective. Very few of GWCL’s...
Ghana Police Poking A Stick Into Our Eyes
By Gideon Sackitey Right at the center of many a discussion today is the decision of the Ghana Police Service to accept a GHc50,000.00 donation from the Chairman of the Ghana Association of Chinese...