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200 Green Activists Killed In 2016, Record Toll
At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors -- 40 percent from indigenous tribes -- were murdered around the...
Cambodia Bans Overseas Exports of Coastal Sand
Cambodia has outlawed sand exports from a coastal region where it has been primarily funnelled in huge quantities to...
Soldiers, Police To Chase Night ‘galamseyers’, Others
The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has said it will deploy a combined team of military and police personnel to...
My Life Is In Danger For Fighting Galamsey In Prestea
Divisional Chief of Prestea Traditional Area in Prestea Huni Valley District of the Western Region, Nana Ntaboah Prah...
Birim River Taking Shape After Galamsey Fight [Photos]
The Birim River and some of its tributaries in the Eastern Region are regenerating their natural ecology months after...
Australia Scales Back Controversial China-Run Mine Site
Australia has bought back most of a contentious mining licence issued for a huge Chinese-run coal mine near prime...
Lands Ministry Names Mining Firms With ‘military Protection’
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has named some mining firms that will from henceforth have military...
Another Mining Disaster Looms
Barely a week after the country was hit by one of its worst mining disasters at Prestea-Nsuta in the Western...
Stop Galamsey But Assist Miners – GGDP Urges Gov’t
The Ghana Growth and Development Platform (GGDP) says it supports governments effort to stop galamsey, but wants this...
Mass Burial Held For Nsuta 22 Pit Disaster Victims
A mass burial service was on Friday, July 7, 2017, held for the twenty-two (22) illegal miners who were trapped in a...
Ghana Goldmine Death Toll Rises To 22
Twenty-two miners have now been declared dead after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, police said,...
US Job Creation Surges In June, Pointing To Market’s Resilience
US job creation returned with a roar in June, offering a dose of welcome news to the White House and offsetting fears...
Why Mass Burial Was Given To 22 Trapped Victims
The Prestea mine collapse victims were given a mass burial as rescue team could not find the 22 trapped persons… The...
Govt Must Give Job To Illegal Miners To Win Galamsey Fight – TUC
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has indicated that illegal mining can be totally eradicated only if the approach is...
22 Trapped Victims Given Mass Burial
The 22 illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western Region have been given a mass...
17 Declared Dead In Ghana Goldmine Collapse
Rescuers on Thursday called off a search for miners who were trapped underground after an illegal goldmine collapsed in...
This Tragedy Indeed Is A Wakeup Call!
IT appears the aggressiveness with which we waged the war on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, in our...
Five Bodies Spotted In Collapsed Ghana Mine
Five bodies were spotted in an illegal goldmine that collapsed in Ghana, a government official said Wednesday, as the...
One Body Retrieved From Collapsed Mining Pit In Prestea
The body of one of the 14 persons trapped in a collapsed mining pit at Prestea Nsuta in the Western Region has been...