Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

The Western North Regional Taskforce of the Small Scale Miners Association of Ghana, together with the Sefwi Wiawso District Police Command have arrested some illegal miners in the District. The Anti- Galamsey operations also led to the seizure of water pumping machines, motorbikes, mobile phones, and parts of excavators in …

The ex-military man is currently on the run A 34-year-old man, Elijah Tenbintey, has allegedly been shot dead by an ex-military man at a mining site at Manso Kaniago in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred around 5 pm on Thursday, 19 June 2021. The …

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 …

Two students have died in a galamsey pit at Akyem Asiakwa in Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern region. The two victims were a final year student of St Stephen’s Senior High Technical School (STEPSS) in Asiakwa and a continuing student of Begoro Presbyterian Senior High school. The incident occurred …

Anti-galamsey activist Barima Nana Yaw Buobu has revealed that illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, is back in full force at various illegal mining sites notwithstanding Government’s renewed effort to curb the canker. According to him, excavators are back at some sites and are operating at full throttle devastating …

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor has watered down public expectation in the ongoing clampdown on illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey. According to the Minister, the menace can never be eradicated. The Damongo MP argued that the ongoing fight is a process and not …

A former illegal miner, popularly known as Strongman, has said that should a shoot to kill order be issued to the anti-illegal mining (Galamsey) Military Taskforce, Operation Halt, the soldiers will rather record more casualties. Some statesmen including Ghana’s immediate-past High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, have advocated …

A 40-year-old woman, Akua Serwah, has drowned in a galamsey pit at Bogyawe in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti region. She drowned on Monday, June 14 but the body was recovered from the pit on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. An uncle to the deceased, Kwabena Gyamfi told Class News’ …

A Kumasi High Court has convicted four Chinese nationals for their involvement in illegal mining activities on a 40-acre land of Obuasi-based Seidu Fanzia School. The plaintiffs sought compensation and other reliefs from court. However, Shi Li Wen, Huang Shen Jun, Li DeHao and Lan Hai Song are to be deported for …

Galamsey activities have affected the natural color of the Pra River and a visit to where it meets the sea at the Shama estuary in the Western Region shows how awful it has become amid the galamsey fight by the government. Photos from where River Pra meets the sea at …