former Member of Parliament for the Kade constituency, lawyer Ofosu Asamoah has posited that the fight against illegal mining popularly called galamsey is only a wish that will never come through due...
The resolve of the Akufo-Addo government to clamp down on illegal small-scale mining in Ghana is not in question, John Peter Amewu, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said. According to...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo does not have the fortitude to fight illicit small-scale mining (galamsey) in the country because some members of his party who may have financed his campaign...
The pace of hiring by the US private sector edged upwards in March, with employers adding more than a quarter of a million jobs, according to the payroll firm ADP. The survey, covering nearly 24...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Mission Director, Andrew Karas, travelled to the Central and Western Regions from March 27-31 to meet with stakeholders and visit...
Calls to stop galamsey in Ghana, has been on a very high increase in recent times, with some of the agitations tagged stop galamsey now, anti-galamsey campaign, and things like that. Of course, the...
A research fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kojo Asante, has observed that illegal mining has become a norm in recent times because societies are aggrieved that a chunk of...
Small scale mining companies would not be able to renew their licence until the menace of illegal mining (galamsey) is addressed, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu has declared. He...
The Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) efforts to work around the dire pollution brought on by illegal mining, is making its operations inefficient and less cost-effective. Very few of GWCL’s...
The Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) efforts to work around the dire pollution brought on by illegal mining, is making its operations inefficient and less cost-effective. Very few of GWCL’s...
The pace of hiring by the US private sector edged upwards in March, with employers adding more than a quarter of a million jobs, according to the payrolls firm ADP. The survey, covering nearly 24...
A research fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kojo Asante, has observed that illegal mining has become a norm in recent times because societies are aggrieved that a chunk of...
Several challenges have come in the way of the long-lasting fight against the widespread practice of illegal mining in the country, otherwise known as galamsey. This has then led to calls by...
The Member of Parliament for Manso Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm, claims some large-scale mining companies are partly to blame for the illegal mining menace in the country. He said these companies,...
Aggrieved community leaders and youth in towns and villages in the Prestea Huni Valley District in the Western Region have stormed the concession of Golden Star Bogoso-Prestea Limited (GSBPL) at...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, yesterday announced that Government had suspended the issuance of licences for small scale mining in the country, as part of efforts to...
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has placed a moratorium on licences for small-scale mining in an attempt to properly map out strategies to clamp down on illegal mining activities across...
Anti-corruption campaigners are divided over the controversial donation by a Chinese company to the Ghana police service. The Police Service has come under serious criticism from some Ghanaians after...
Sudan has increased its scholarship offer to Kenyan students to 550 including 30 slots for the study of oil-related programmes in Sudanese universities. The scholarship programme has been in place...
The government has lauded the ongoing media campaign to end illegal mining, pledging to support the advocacy. Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Peter Amewu, is confident the media crusade...
