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Galamsey Fight: We’ll Deploy Military If Necessary

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has indicated that government will not hesitate to deploy the military to...

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Engage Small Scale Miners Over Illegal Mining Ban – Asantehene To Lands Minister

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu to engage...

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Soldiers To Be Deployed To Combat Illegal Mining – Nitiwul

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul says government is likely to deploy military personnel in the coming days to...

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Minister Sues Republic Newspaper Over Chinese ‘galamsey’ Queen Aisha

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has sued the Republic Newspaper at the High Court for defaming him in...

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Government To Review Mining Laws

The government intends amending legislation on mining to include medium-scale mining activities, Benito Owusu-Bio,...

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Flout Ban On Mining At Your Risk

The government has warned the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners that any attempt to breach the six-month...

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The War Against Galamsey Is A Battle Ghana Must Win

The war against galamsey is a battle Ghana must win Ghana must win the fight against galamsey The media coalition...

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Allow Us To Work Else All Die Be Die – Small Scale Mining Group To Akufo-Addo

Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them...

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We’re Being Targeted In Galamsey Fight – Small-Scale Miners

The Ashanti regional sect of the Ghana Association of Small Scale miners has given government a 3-day ultimatum to...

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‘Allow Us To Work Else All Die Be Die’ – Small Scale Mining Group To Akufo-Addo

Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them...

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Ghana Immigration Service Boss ‘hot’ Over ‘Galamsey Queen’

A leaked audio tape purported to have been recorded by assigns of the Chinese galamsey queen, Aisha Haung, has put the...

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Small Scale Miners To Demonstrate Against Gov’t’s Plan To Ban Small Scale Mining

Small scale miners in Ghana are threatening to hit the streets with a massive demonstration if government goes ahead to...

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We’ll Demonstrate If…

Small scale miners in Ghana are threatening to hit the streets with a massive demonstration if government goes ahead to...

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Galamseyer Invokes ‘Antoa Nyama’ On President Akufo-Addo

The man whose earthmoving equipment was torched by some angry youth at Abekoase in the Atiwa district of the Eastern...

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We’ll Deal Decisively With Aisha Huang Despite Threats – Amewu

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has said that his outfit determined to decisively apply the...

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Galamsey Queen Heavily Sponsored NDC Campaigns

A former house help to Chinese illegal mining kingpin is accusing his former boss heavily funding electioneering...

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Prosecute Powerful Persons Behind Galamsey – Kobina Nketsia

Powerful persons involved in illegal mining activities should be prosecuted, Paramount Chief of Essikadu Traditional...

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OccupyGhana Petitions AG Over ‘leaked’ Charges Against Aisha Huang, Others

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has petitioned the Attorney-General (A-G) over what it claims to be minor charges...

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Causes, Effects and Solutions

Illegal mining strips some 28 billion tons of material from the earth The high incidence of "galamsey" or illegal...