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Churches Join Fight Against Galamsey

Churches in the Ashanti Region held special services Sunday to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ with a firm...

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Nana Addo To Chinese Galamsey Operators

Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is not a witch-hunt against Chinese...

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GUNSA Backs Galamsey Ban; Demands Tough Actions From Govt

The Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) says it has been devastated by reports of wanton...

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You Can Vote Us Out In 2020 Over Galamsey Fight

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

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IPR – Ghana Joins Media Campaign Against Galamsey

The Institute of Public Relations – Ghana, has offered to join the media campaign against illegal small scale mining...

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Australian Govt Backs Ghana’s Anti-Galamsey Fight, Pledges Support

The Australian government has lauded Ghana’s campaign against the activities of small-scale illegal miners and has...

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Political Direction Needed To Halt Galamsey

A civil Society group in the mining sector, WACAM, is calling for a decisive action from government against all forms...

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Deport Foreign Nationals Involved In Galamsey

Some concerned Ghanaian citizens living in the United Kingdom have petitioned President Nana Addo to arrest persons...

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Small-Scale Miners Pledge Support For Galamsey Fight

The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM), has condemned activities of illegal miners in the...

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The Chinese Mission Must Come Again!

LAST week it emerged that the Chinese diplomatic mission in Ghana was not happy with our concerted effort to deal with...

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Chinese Embassy Threats Won’t Stop Fight Against Galamsey

Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has dismissed any possible threat to the bilateral relations between China and...

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Media’s Fight Against Galamsey Commendable – MFWA

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has commended the media’s fight against Galamsey- a popular term for...

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Chinese Mission’s ‘galamsey Letter’ Disrespectful To Ghana

The progressive People’s Party (PPP), has described as undiplomatic the tone of a letter addressed to the government...

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Minister Unfazed As Illegal Miners Threaten To Vote Out NPP If…

Galamsey operators at Akwatia in the Eastern Region have threatened to vote the NPP-led government out if it implements...

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Citi Breakfast Show, Tuesday, 11th April, 2017

The Citi Breakfast Show team still focused on illegal mining , popularly referred to as Galamsey on Tuesday April 11,...

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Ending the Political and Socio-Environmental Siege-The Time Is Now!

In my two previous articles, I commented on the challenge from the rising spate of political volunteerism and the Delta...

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No Retreat In Chinese Galamsey War

The Chinese are up in arms against Ghana in a seeming intractable war. The stakes are high and with a lot of quislings...

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Okyenhene’s Call For Ban On Mining ‘disaster’ – Miners

The national association of Small-scale miners has described as unfortunate an appeal by the Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia...

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4 More Chinese Arrested In Ghana Over Galamsey

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested four Chinese nationals for allegedly mining illegally at Topreman, a...