CHINESE nationals operating illegal mining, also known as “galamsey,” in the Amenfi West District of the Western Region, are divided over whether they should leave the mining sites and return to...
CHINESE nationals operating illegal mining, also known as “galamsey,” in the Amenfi West District of the Western Region, are divided over whether they should leave the mining sites and return...
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister says the illegal small scale miners who have vanished from the mining sites in the wake of the anti-galamsey campaign will not be allowed to return. John...
The nationwide campaign against illegal mining activities has yielded dividends as heavy equipment used in the operation move from mining sites. The movement of the excavators and other heavy...
The state of Israel is fully behind Ghana in the resurgent fight against illegal small-scale mining, its envoy to Accra has said. Ami Mehl says her country is ready to support Ghana in any capacity...
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has stated that through efforts of members, the works of galamsey has seen drastic reduction with the issuance of a government ultimatum...
Despite government’s seeming aggressive effort to stop the menace, some galamsey operators at Akrofusu in the Eastern Region seem unperturbed. The Assembly Member for the area, Kwaku Nyarko, who...
About 544 excavators have voluntarily moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration of an ultimatum given them by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources....
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government will help illegal miners return to the mines after legitimizing their activities. “We will help you go...
A legal practitioner, Captain (retd) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey has professed his version of how to fight the illegal mining menace and suggested that, “sitting in Accra to ban galamsey is a joke.” In...
A ministerial task-force has toured some illegal mining sites in the Eastern Region, as government’s three-weeks ultimatum to the miners to stop the illegality ends today, Wednesday, April 19,...
A former parliamentary candidate for Okaikoi South constituency, Alex Akuoko, has warned politicians to desist from the act of taking bribes from illegal miners in order to protect their nefarious...
About 544 excavators have been moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration of an ultimatum given illegal miners by the Ministry of Lands and Natural...
Monday April 17, 2017 marked exactly 100 days since Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took over the governance of Ghana from John Mahama, whose governance the former described as incompetent. As expected,...
About 544 excavators have so far left their hideouts in illegal mining sites following the expiration of an ultimatum given them by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. According to the...
Executive Director for Social Impact Studies, Richard Kojo Elimah says we cannot have a one major solution or a one sided fixed solution in curbing illegal mining in Ghana. He said it will be proper...
The founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has stated explicitly that the country will not win its fight against illegal mining should either the New Patriotic Party (NPP) or...
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on the ruling government to stop celebrating its self-acclaimed 103 achievements within 100 days in power and focus on a bigger picture. “The CPP...
A picture of aggrieved members of the Delta force The proliferation of vigilante groups in Africa and Ghana in particular, has been attributed by many scholars to the failure of the security services...
Some Ghanaian businessmen in China have complained about harassment from Chinese officials in what is seen as retaliation to the clampdown on illegal mining in Ghana. Chinese nationals are heavily...
