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Israel Declares Support For Ghana’s Fight Against Galamsey

The state of Israel is fully behind Ghana in the resurgent fight against illegal small-scale mining, its envoy to Accra...

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Small Scale Miners Help Clear Galamsey Sites

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has stated that through efforts of members, the works of...

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Galamseyers At Akrofusu Defy Government’s Ultimatum

Despite government’s seeming aggressive effort to stop the menace, some galamsey operators at Akrofusu in the Eastern...

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544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites – Minerals Commission

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

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We’ll Allow You To Mine But Properly – Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government will help illegal miners...

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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...