President Nana Akufo-Addo is leaving Accra today, Tuesday 2 May for neighbouring Togo for talks on illegal small-scale mining (galamsey). The Ghanaian President will hold talks with his Togolese counterparts on how to stop the pollution of water bodies by the illegal miners. He will subsequently head to La Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon for similar … Read more
The government of Ghana has put a moratorium on licensing of small-scale miners. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, says the moratorium is aimed at helping fight the illegal small-scale mining menace (galamsey). A media coalition was launched by the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, on … Read more
The cancer of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, that has gone unchecked in Ghana could escalate already existing tensions with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning, has warned. The analyst noted that a number of Ghana’s rivers polluted by galamsey run into Cote d’Ivoire and are threatening the livelihood of its … Read more
The cancer of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, that has gone unchecked in Ghana could escalate already existing tensions with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning, has warned. The analyst noted that a number of our rivers polluted by galamsey run into Cote d’Ivoire threatening the livelihood of its nationals. Dr. Aning’s comments … Read more
Activities of small-scale illegal miners (galamseyers) in Ghana is destroying water sources in neighbouring Ivory Coast, Ghana’s Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has said. The heart surgeon made the revelation on Tuesday, 4 April when he launched a media coalition against the galamsey menace in Accra. “I was in … Read more
Neigbouring Ivory Coast is unhappy with Ghana following activities of illegal miners in Ghana, which they claim is affecting water bodies in that country. The Minister of Environment, Science and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng made the revelation on Tuesday during the launch of a media coalition against the galamsey menace in the country. According … Read more
Neigbouring Ivory Coast is unhappy with Ghana following activities of illegal miners in Ghana, which they claim is affecting water bodies in that country. The Minister of Environment, Science and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng made the revelation on Tuesday during the launch of a media coalition against the galamsey menace in the country. According to … Read more