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Five illegal miners who were caught mining in the Ankobra River without authority have been sentenced to a total of 125 years imprisonment in hard labour. Richard Kumasi, Fiamahe Jerry John, Korblavi Kumasi, Daniel Afenu, and Matthew Gedie, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and undertaking small scale …

There appear to be a renewed surge in the activities of illegal miners, popularly called galamsey, who are bent on destroying water bodies and forest reserves in search of precious minerals, particularly gold. A few months after the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources acting on behalf of the government …