Tag Archives: Bosomtwe

As history has it, the popular lake, Lake Bosomtwe, is said to have been discovered by a hunter who, on getting lost in the forest, followed a deer to what is now the famous water source. And while the tales about the Lake may abound, not many people have been …

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has been explaining why the former Presiding Bishop of the Obuasi Diocese of the Methodist Church Ghana was disqualified as a Chaplain General of the Ghana Police Service. According to him, the medical records of Rev. Stephen Bosomtwe Ayensu, who at the time was …

  Former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports under the erstwhile NDC administration, Joseph Yamin has said former Methodist Bishop Bosomtwe Ayensu is corrupt hence he doesn’t have any credibility and moral right to chastise former President John Dramani Mahama. According to him, he was once a member of the …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has described as worrying the destruction of trees planted along Lake Bosomtwe. He directed that the perpetrator(s) should not be made to only replace the trees but cautioned to deter others from doing same. His outburst follows an exposé in March 2021 by TV3‘s Ibrahim …

  The Overlord of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is set to make a historic visit to Lake Bosomtwe sources at the Manhyia Palace have told confirmed. His visit to Lake Bosomtwe is said to be the first for Osei Tutu II since he ascended the throne as the …

Asante Kingdom Landscape Restoration Programme has cautioned that Lake Bosomtwe is likely to lose 75 percent in the next 11 years. Project Coordinator Fred Kyei Sarpong explained the projection was based on a German study, which revealed that “the fast rate of the ongoing deforestation and other human activities around …

Chiefs around Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti region have pledged to protect the natural reserve after being summoned by the Manhyia Palace following TV3’s exposé. A private developer has destroyed over 500 trees planted along the bank of the Lake at Pipie despite bye-laws declaring 100 meters from the water …

The only natural lake in Ghana and the largest in West Africa, Lake Bosomtwe, risk being de-listed as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO following indiscriminate encroachment of the buffer zone. A private developer has cleared all the trees planted to protect the Lake by the Manhyia Palace and some NGOs …

Despite the ban on illegal mining in the country, a group of illegal miners (Galamseyers) have defied President Akufo-Addo’s orders and have taken hold of the Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve within the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti region. With the alleged backing of some political bigwigs, the galamseyers have …

Despite the ban on illegal mining in the country, a group of Chinese miners have defied President Akufo-Addo’s orders and have taken hold of the Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve at Minti within the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti region. With the alleged backing of some political bigwigs, the Chinese …