MPs Meet Over ‘galamsey Soldiers’
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and the Interior will be holding an emergency meeting today, May 24, to discuss news of the involvement of some military officers in illicit small-scale...
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We’ll Investigate Soldiers Protecting ‘galamseyers’ – Nitiwul
The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has instructed the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa to immediately begin investigations into allegations of some military men protecting illegal...
Minister Causes Arrest of Galamseyer In Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has arrested a galamseyer who was spotted with several others illegally mining at a location in the Atwima Kwanwoma District. The suspect whose name...
‘Illegal Miners’ Accuse Leaders of Taking Bribe To Call Off Demo
Members of Ghana National Association of Small Miners (GNASSM) have accused their leadership of taking bribes from the government to call off a planned demonstration. They have accused their Ashanti...
I Didn’t Sanction Military Protection For Miners – Kumbour
Former Defense Minister Dr. Benjamin Kumbour has rubbished claims by the MP for Manso Adubia that he approved military protection for the Russia and Ukraine nationals who were arrested for illegal...
Soldiers Allegedly Protecting ‘galamseyers’ Won’t Be Spared – Nitiwul
The Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has ordered the Chief of Defence Staff to launch an immediate investigation into alleged reports that some military men are protecting illegal gold mining...
‘Lone Ranger’ Amewu Can’t Fight Galamsey – James Agalga
A former deputy Interior Minister has said the fight against illegal mining known as galamsey will be successful if all Ghanaians are brought on board. James Agalga said there is the need for a...
Kumbuor Approved Military Protection For Ukraine, Russia Galamseyers – MP
The Russia and Ukraine nationals arrested Monday for engaging in illegal mining officially requested for military protection under the Mahama administration, the Member of Parliament for Manso Adubia...
There’re No ‘galamsey Soldiers’
Deputy Minister of Defence Major Derek Oduro (rtd) has debunked allegations of military men protecting illegal miners (galamseyers), insisting that the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has not sanctioned...
No Soldiers Deployed To Protect Galamseyers – Derrick Oduro
The Deputy Defence Minister, Derrick Oduro has emphatically told Citi News that the Ghana Armed Forces has not deployed any military personnel to the mine where the foreigners were arrested on...
Military, Police Protecting Illegal Miners – Amewu Reveals
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that one of the impediments confronting the fight against illegal small-scale mining popularly called galamsey has been...
Russian Galamseyers Sought Protection From Kumbour – MP
The foreigners who were arrested for engaging in illegal mining activities on Monday applied for protection under the former Minister of Defence, Ben Kumbour. The Member of Parliament for Manso...
Asantehene Applauds Government For Fight Against Galamsey
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the government for its bold step to halt illegal mining (galamsey), that is destroying the environment. He has, therefore, given his blessing to...
Detained Russians, Ukrainians To Be Sent To Accra
The two Russians and their two counterparts from Ukraine who were detained at the Kumasi Central Police station on Monday for mining beyond the allotted limits are to be sent to Accra later on...
Russians, Ukrainians Detained Over Illegal Mining [Photos]
The two Russians and Two Ukrainians who were arrested on Monday in Ghana for engaging in illegal mining spent the night at the Kumasi Central Police Station in the Central Region. They are expected...
Punish Soldiers Shielding Galamseyers – Ken Ashigbey
The chairman of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Ken Ashigbey has charged the hierarchy of the Ghana Armed Forces to punish military personnel protecting illegal miners. The Minister of Lands...
Soldiers Protecting Galamsey Operators – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has accused sections of the Ghana Armed Forces High command of providing cover for galamsey operators in hard-hit areas. He alleged the said...
Illegal Miners Smuggled $7bn Worth of Gold
More than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from the country in 2016 alone, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, has...
Some Akufo-Addo Appointees ‘corrupt’
There are some corrupt appointees in the Nana Akufo-Addo government, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey, has said. Speaking to journalists on Monday, Prof...
Small-Scale Miners Postpone ‘All Die Be Die’ Demo Against Gov’t
The Ashanti Region branch of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) says its intended demonstration against government on Tuesday, May 23 has been postponed to June 7. “Our...