Some of the excavators   The Ghana Police Service, in special anti-galamsey operations at Samreboi, along the Tano River, Wassa Dunkwa, Tigarikrom, and surrounding communities in the Western Region, have

  A 40-YEAR-old illegal miner has met his untimely death after he was trapped in a deep mining pit, whilst digging for gold at Adiembra near Afari, in the Ashanti

Some of the suspects   The Enchi Forest Division in collaboration with the military has arrested 10 illegal miners in a special operation. The 10 persons were arrested for engaging

One of the abandoned galamsey pits   About four persons were confirmed dead after mistakenly falling into some illegal mining or galamsey pits in the Akontombra District of the Western

Chatles Bissue and Kissi Adjebeng   The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has charged former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue and one Andy

Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah   Generational Rights Society, a pressure group, has called on the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to declare a state of emergency on illegal mining given the rise

Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah   The hypocrisy about managing illegal mining or galamsey as it is referred to will remain with us as citizens of this country for a long

Salam Mustaph   The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has called on President John Mahama to render an unqualified apology to Ghanaians over his

The suspects   The Central North Regional Police Command is leaving no stone unturned to nib illegal mining (galamsey) activities in the area in the bud. The Command has, therefore,

The deceased   A FEMALE illegal miner, aged 45 years old, has accidentally fallen into an abandoned mining pit, leading to her death. The deceased, identified as Georgina Appiah, was

Some of the arrested illegal miners   The Forestry Commission has seized 85 illegal mining or ‘galamsey’ excavators, two bulldozers and some generators in an anti-illegal mining operation embarked on

Some of the deceased’s colleagues standing in shock   A policeman, identified as Constable John Kwabena Dogbe, met his untimely death on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, when he drowned in