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Security Agencies Will Flush Out Galamsey Operators – Lands Minister

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister says the government will deploy law enforcement officers across the country to...

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You Can’t Sit In Accra and Ban Galamsey – Effah Dartey

A legal practitioner, Captain (retd) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey has professed his version of how to fight the illegal mining...

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Don’t Give Up Mr. Minister

The galamsey menace has become a social canker which needs the attention of all well-meaning Ghanaians. It is therefore...

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Anti-Galamsey Group Declares Red Friday

Media practitioners across the country will be required to wear red attire on Friday, 21 April as a sign of their...

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Stop Taking Bribes From Illegal Miners

A former parliamentary candidate for Okaikoi South constituency, Alex Akuoko, has warned politicians to desist from the...

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544 Excavators Moved From Galamsey Sites

About 544 excavators have been moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration...

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544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites

About 544 excavators have so far left their hideouts in illegal mining sites following the expiration of an ultimatum...

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We Cannot End Galamsey With A One Sided Solution

Executive Director for Social Impact Studies, Richard Kojo Elimah says we cannot have a one major solution or a one...

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My Palace Is Not Being Dug For Galamsey – Okyehene

The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has dismissed claims that galamsey operators are digging under the palace at...

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NPP, NDC Profiting From ‘galamsey’

The founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has stated explicitly that the country will not win its...

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China Allegedly Hitting Back At Ghanaian Businesses

Some Ghanaian businessmen in China have complained about harassment from Chinese officials in what is seen as...

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Justifying Galamsey To Protect the Environment

In recent times, the media, social commentators and all stakeholders have contributed their quota towards the fight...

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You Can Vote Us Out In 2020 Over Galamsey Fight–Minister

Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, has reiterated the Akufo-Addo administration’s...

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The War Against Galamsey Must Not Stop!

TOMORROW (Thursday), April 20, 2017 will mark the expiration of the twenty-one-day ultimatum given by the Lands and...

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Galamsey Will Not Stop Because of Poverty, Greed – Group

The illicit mining menace in Ghana, popularly called galamsey, will not end soon because of widespread poverty among...

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Illegal Miners Attack Media For Bad Press

According to president of GNASSM, the media have an evil agenda against the galamsey business The leadership of Ghana...

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We’ve Suspended Issuance of Mining License – Bawumia

Government has suspended the issuance of mining licenses until illegal mining, also known as Galamsey, is effectively...

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Lands and Natural Resources Minister Joins ‘national Red Day’ Against Galamsey

The 21-day ultimatum for all galamsey activities to cease ends tomorrow, Wednesday, and the sector minister who issued...

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Lands and Forestry Minister Joins ‘national Red Day’ Against Galamsey

The 21-day ultimatum for all galamsey activities to cease ends tomorrow, Wednesday, and the sector minister who issued...