Two Feared Dead As Police Clash With Galamsey Operators At Asamama
play videoThe galamsey operators have vowed to resist attempts to deny them their livelihoods Two people alleged to be illegal ...
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22 Illegal Miners Arrested For Mining In Birim River
The Police in the Eastern Region have arrested twenty two people at Asamanma, after clashes there on Thursday left two people ...
Police Kill 2, Injure 10 In Galamsey Crossfire
Police in the Eastern Region have killed two illegal small-scale miners and injured 10 more in Asamama following a gun ...
Two Die In Gun Battle Between Police, Illegal Miners
Two illegal miners are feared dead in a fatal gun battle between members of the anti galamsey security task force ...
Mining Trucks, Galamsey Destroying Ankobra Bridge
Residents of Prestea have expressed fears that the Ankobra Bridge serving them and the people of Bogoso could soon cave, ...
Prof. Adei To Go On ‘one-Man Aluta’ To Halt Galamsey
Outspoken Ghanaian economist, Professor Stephen Adei, has served notice he will embark on a “one man aluta” to compel the ...
Traditional Leaders, State Officials Are Sponsoring Galamsey Impunity – Baako
Senior journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jr., says operations of small scale miners popularly known as Galamsey are sponsored by ...
Galamsey Is Biggest Threat To Cocoa Production
Illegal mining remains the biggest challenge confronting cocoa farmers in their bid to increase production of the country’s leading cash ...
Galamsey Threatens Komenda Sugar Factory
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah has bemoaned the activities of illegal miners(galamsey) as it threatens ...
Destool Chiefs In ‘galamsey’ Affected Communities
A leading member of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa has suggested to Kingmakers to destool chiefs ...
A Curse In A Mess?
So I’ve been away for the past few days contributing my quota as an engineer to Ghana’s Oil & Gas ...
Galamsey, A ‘simple Matter of Law Enforcement’
Environment Minister Mahama Ayariga has vowed to put pressure on law enforcement agencies to clamp down on illegal mining (galamsey), ...
Empty Endorsements!
As the 2016 elections draw closer, various entities have issued predictions and polls; some are reasonable, others are nothing more ...
Two Feared Dead After Galamsey Pit Caves In
Two people are feared dead after a galamsey pit caved in on them in Akyem Ahwenease in the Eastern Region. ...
Gov’t Has Been Proactive In Combating ‘galamsey’ – Inusah Fuseini
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini has downplayed assertions that government has failed to proactively address the menace ...
Lack of Political Will To Blame For Rise In ‘galamsey’ – Inusah Fuseini
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini, has decried the lack of political will which he said has allowed ...
OccupyGhana To Wage War On ‘galamsey’
Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has announced it will soon wage war against illegal mining popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’ operators in ...
Kyebi Water Treatment Plant Shut Down Over Galamsey
The Kyebi Water Treatment plant has been shut down because the water has been left untreatable. The plant which serves ...
National Security Probes ‘Galamsey Queen’
National Security operatives are probing the circumstances underpinning the operations of a Chinese Galamsey kingpin and how some security personnel ...
Galamsey Could Force Closure of 3 Treatment Dams
Millions of Ghanaians could lose access to treated water due to the impending closure of three major water treatment dams ...