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24/7 Anti-Illegal Mining Operation Launched By Ashanti Regional Task Force
In order to combat galamsey in forest reserves throughout the region, a special task force against it, headed by Captain…
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IGP Issues Firm Directive Against Nationwide Galamsey Menace
Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has declared a national campaign to stop galamsey, or unlawful mining.…
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6 excavators Confiscated, 3 Foreign Nationals Nabbed Over Galamsey On River Anum.
Six excavators used in illicit mining operations near the River Anum in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti Region…
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Authorities Arrest 56 Galamsey Operators In Tarkwa-Nsuaem
On Thursday, March 13, the Western Regional Security Council apprehended 56 illegal miners, also known as galamseyers, at Kadadwen in…
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Galamsey Site Raid Leads To Arrest of 7 Foreigners, 8 Ghanaians In Western Region
The Evalue Ajomoro-Gwira District saw a significant raid in Avelebo and Akango as a result of the Western Regional Police…
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Mahama Takes A Stand: No More Burning Of Excavators, Seize Them Instead
The task force fighting unlawful small-scale mining, or galamsey, has been instructed by President John Dramani Mahama to confiscate excavators…
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Galamsey Bust: 8 Arrested In Atewa Forest
In the Potroase area of the Atewa Forest Reserve, at least eight illegal miners have been taken into custody for…
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Galamsey Endangers Airport And Military Site In Obuasi
Residents of the rural community of Adaase in Obuasi are becoming increasingly alarmed and uneasy due to the increase in…
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Galamsey Scandal: Petition Seeks Mahama’s Investigation Into Aowin MP
Regarding claims of Galamsey involving Oscar Larbi, the Member of Parliament for Aowin, the Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey has petitioned…
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MPs Caught In Galamsey To Face Heavy Punishment – Bagbin Warns
Members of Parliament have received a harsh warning from Speaker of the House Alban Bagbin, who has stated that any…
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Okyenhene Directs Immediate Removal Of Excavators And Mining Equipment Along Birim River
In response to a report from the Ghana Water Company Limited’s managers indicating a high level of turbidity in the…
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2 Miners Lose Lives In Galamsey Pit Collapse In Kwaebibrem
Two miners were killed when a galamsey pit collapsed in the early hours of the morning in Kukubi, a town…
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NDC, NPP, And 4 Other Parties Sign Agreement To Combat Galamsey
Six of the 12 presidential contenders in the 2024 elections have pledged to finish the fight against illegal mining, regardless…
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Anti-Galamsey Coalition Appeals To Parties To Sign Anti-Galamsey Agreement
Prior to the December elections, the Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) has urged all presidential candidates running in the general…
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Galamsey: 3 Suspects Caught, 8 Mining Machines Destroyed On River Birim
Three illegal miners have been taken into custody by the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) taskforce, Akwatia zone,…
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Galamsey Operations Erode Sections Of Aboi Nkwanta-Samreboi Road
Increased illicit mining activities and a downpour over the weekend have entirely washed away parts of the Aboi Nkwanta-Samrebol Road…
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Actor Prince David Osei: Mahama Can Never Be President Again
Prince David Osei, an actor from Ghana and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), recently expressed his worries…
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20 Galamseyers Grabbed In New Abirem, Equipment Confiscated
At New Abirem in the Eastern Region, twenty alleged illegal miners were taken into custody by an anti-galamsey task group…
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Nana Aba Anamoah Supports Bawumia’s Plans On Solving Galamsey
Nana Aba Anamoah, a broadcaster from Ghana, has commended Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s strategy for combating “galamsey,” or illicit…
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Catholic Church Petitions Akufo-Addo To Declare State of Emergency Over Galamsey
In light of the illicit mining situation, or galamsey, the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra and the Conference of Major Superiors…
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Catholic Archdiocese Organizes Protest Walk Against Galamsey
A “Service of Preparation” at the Holy Spirit Cathedral was followed by a protest march against galamsey, or unlawful mining,…
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Military Destroys Changfans, Water Pumps In Birim River Galamsey Crackdown
On the first day of the reopened military operation known as “Operation Halt 2,” a total of eighteen changfang machines…
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Graduate Students Association Joins The Catholic Church’s Demo Against Galamsey On Oct. 11
The Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) National Executive Committee has declared that on October 11, 2024, it will join…
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Galamseyers Take Over Konongo GRIDCo Site
Parts of the Ashanti and Eastern Regions’ electricity supplies are seriously threatened by illegal mining, or galamsey, in Konongo, Ashanti…
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Ghanaian Armed Forces Forms Partnership With Small Scale Miners To Combat Galamsey
As part of its continuous efforts to tackle illegal mining, sometimes known as “galamsey,” the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have…
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Lands Minister: “Government To Use River Guards and Navy To Fight Galamsey.”
Samuel Abu Jinapor, the minister of lands and natural resources, has revealed that the government is about to make public…
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NPP’s Frimpong-Boateng Urges Akufo-Addo To Act On Calls To Stop Galamsey.
Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to…
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Fetish Priests Association Plans Nationwide Protest Against Illegal Mining
In reaction to the growing threat of illicit mining, the Fetish Priests Association of Ghana, under the direction of its…
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Anti-Galamsey Protesters Released On ¢70k Bail Each.
Ama Governor and eight other participants in the recent anti-galamsey protests have been granted bail by an Accra High Court…
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Catholic Bishops Conference Plans Demo Against Illegal Mining (Galamsey)
In Ghana, the problem of illicit mining, sometimes known as “galamsey,” has grown to be a serious environmental and societal…
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