Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) deployed in the fight against illegal mining in forest reserves and river bodies have made significant gains following the seizure of some
Galamsey Queen Video In Court
Aisha Huang An Accra High Court yesterday played a video recorded at an illegal mining site at Bepotenten in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region where some
The Economics, Policy And Politics Of The Fight Against Galamsey
WE ARE back to the issue of galamsey! The President’s meeting with the National House of Chiefs and the MMDCEs, media reports with pictures of polluted rivers, conversations on
‘We Don’t Support Galamsey’
Johnson Asiedu Nketia JOHNSON ASIEDU Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stated that the largest opposition party does not support illegal mining popularly known as
Ghana In The Shadow Of Galamsey
Environmental damage caused by galamsey THE MAJOR water bodies have been reduced to mud, the forest reserves have become desert, the ecosystem is on the cross-road and the esprit
We’ll Stop Galamsey-Nana
President Akufo-Addo in a handshake with Otumfuo Osei Tutu II President Akufo-Addo has stated that his government is ready to stamp out illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey,
NDC Galamsey Hypocrisy Exposed
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Baba Jamal It has emerged that former NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for Akwatia, Baba Jamal, offered legal representations in court to five Chinese nationals, who
Military Takes Over Galamsey Sites
Samuel Abu Jinapor Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, says the government has relaunched Operation Halt II to clamp down on illegal mining activities and its devastating
Sefwi Wiawso Omanhene Steps Up Galamsey Fight
Katakyie Kwasi Bumangama III THE PARAMOUNT Chief of the Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council in the Western North Region has given his divisional chiefs two weeks ultimatum, to ensure that
‘Aisha Huang Not My Client’
Freddie Blay THE IMMEDIATE past National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie W. Blay, says his law firm, Blay & Associates, is not offering any legal representation
Galamsey Threatens Ghana Water Company’s Operations
THE GHANA Water Company Limited (GWCL) has indicated that illegal mining in the country’s major rivers is dealing a hefty blow to its operations, and that if the turbidity
The Threat Of Galamsey To Ghana’s Gold Value Addition Efforts
ON WEDNESDAY, 5th October, 2022, I had the opportunity to participate in two meetings in Kumasi on the phenomenon of illegal artisanal (small-scale) mining, popularly known as galamsey. These
Arrest Galamsey Kingpins – Ogyeahoho
Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi THE NATIONAL House of Chiefs has tasked the IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, to arrest and prosecute all persons indulging in illegal mining in the country.