Government has suspended the issuance of mining licenses until illegal mining, also known as Galamsey, is effectively tackled, the Vice President, Mahamadu Bawumia has said. It is unclear whether...
Churches in the Ashanti Region held special services Sunday to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ with a firm commitment to join the national campaign against illegal mining popularly...
Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is not a witch-hunt against Chinese nationals, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. Speaking in Obomeng Kwahu, Eastern Region on...
The Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) says it has been devastated by reports of wanton destruction of natural resources and the environment by illegal small scale miners,...
A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, has reiterated the Akufo-Addo administration’s resolve to win the war against illegal mining, even if it meant losing votes in...
The Institute of Public Relations – Ghana, has offered to join the media campaign against illegal small scale mining in the country, popularly referred to as galamsey. Considering the role of...
The Australian government has lauded Ghana’s campaign against the activities of small-scale illegal miners and has promised to support the effort. The Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, Andrew...
A civil Society group in the mining sector, WACAM, is calling for a decisive action from government against all forms of what they term irresponsible mining. The group contends that, though the...
Some concerned Ghanaian citizens living in the United Kingdom have petitioned President Nana Addo to arrest persons involved in illegal mining, popularly referred to as Galamsey. They also demanded...
The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM), has condemned activities of illegal miners in the country. According to the National Chairman of the Association, Collins Osei Kusi,...
LAST week it emerged that the Chinese diplomatic mission in Ghana was not happy with our concerted effort to deal with the canker called Galamsey, which practice continues to wantonly destroy our...
Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has dismissed any possible threat to the bilateral relations between China and Ghana over the fight against illegal mining popularly called galamsey. Mr. Hamid...
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has commended the media’s fight against Galamsey- a popular term for illegal mining. The Chinese Mission in Ghana had expressed anger at the manner in...
The progressive People’s Party (PPP), has described as undiplomatic the tone of a letter addressed to the government by the Chinese Mission in Ghana on the illegal mining menace in the country. The...
Galamsey operators at Akwatia in the Eastern Region have threatened to vote the NPP-led government out if it implements its decision to collapse the galamsey business. They argued that they made a...
The Citi Breakfast Show team still focused on illegal mining , popularly referred to as Galamsey on Tuesday April 11, 2017.Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana....
In my two previous articles, I commented on the challenge from the rising spate of political volunteerism and the Delta Force’s ‘aboakyer style’ eviction of the President’s appointee for the...
The Chinese are up in arms against Ghana in a seeming intractable war. The stakes are high and with a lot of quislings in the duel; the war has taken interesting and twisting dimensions. The good...
The national association of Small-scale miners has described as unfortunate an appeal by the Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin for government to put a freeze on small scale mining in the...
The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested four Chinese nationals for allegedly mining illegally at Topreman, a village near Akwatia in the Eastern Region. Confirming the arrest to Citi News,...
