Tag Archives: ATEWA

Illegal miners clash, one dead at Atewa Forest

One person has been found dead in Atewa Forest at Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern region after an alleged violent clash between two illegal mining groups. According to sources, there were exchanges of gunshots leading to the death of one and others are believed to have sustained gunshot injuries. …

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55 illegal miners arrested in Atewa Forest – Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission, through its surveillance task force, has arrested 55 illegal miners in the Atewa Forest Reserve over the last six months. Madam Joyce Ofori Kwafo, Head, Corporate Affairs and Media Relations, Forestry Commission, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said a total of 15 different operations …

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Presidency sent us to Atewa Forest – ‘Galamsey operatives’ go berserk in court

  Some galamsey operatives arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Atewa Forest went berserk on Monday, May 24, 2021, at the premises of Koforidua Circuit Court’ B’ after the court refused them bail. The prosecution led by Dickson Donkor and Helen Samlafo both state Attorneys, and Silvester Asare …

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