President of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has urged government to also address illegal mining as a property rights issue to stand a chance of winning the battle against it. Mr....
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini has downplayed assertions that government has failed to proactively address the menace of illegal mining in the country. He however indicated that a...
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini, has decried the lack of political will which he said has allowed the rise in illegal mining known as galamsey. In an interview on Citi TV’s...
Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has announced it will soon wage war against illegal mining popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’ operators in the country. It is believed that such activities are...
Public irrigation schemes in some parts of the country are under threat from the activities of illegal mining (galamsey) and real estate developers, Kwasi Asare-Mintah, Director of Planning and...
Ghana was part of the 189 countries that came together in the year 2000 to face the future and brig to end Famine, Draught, Poverty, Wars, and Plagues. Leaders from all the 189 countries with the...
The Kyebi Water Treatment plant has been shut down because the water has been left untreatable. The plant which serves much of the Eastern Region was shut down early on Tuesday due to the effects of...
Millions of Ghanaians could lose access to treated water due to the impending closure of three major water treatment dams due to the activities of illegal mining, according to the Ministry of Water...
The Municipal Chief Executive Officer of Obuasi, Mr. Richard Akwasi Ofori Boadi Agyemang, has labeled Chiefs as noise makers in their bid to see sanity and moral uprightness among government...
Ghana’s former president, Jerry John Rawlings has lashed out at the government over issues related to environmental degradation, particularly bemoaning the pollution of water bodies and the...
Plantain sellers, fruit vendors and market stalls line the road as taxis and local tro-tro buses dart through the busy high street.
The lively centre of Koforidua, hemmed in by lush green mountains,...
Ghana’s Roads and Highways Minister, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has been adjudged the best performing minister for the year 2014 by the West Africa Regional Magazine.
The magazine which adjudged the...
Ghana Chamber of Mines says it is confident ongoing review of the Minerals and Mining Act will help to effectively deal with illegal mining in the country.
The review, upon completion, will empower...
