Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

The Anti-galamsey military task force (Operation Halt) has reportedly returned to the mining site of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Women’s Organizer for the third time to burn a generator plant and a wooden office structure at the mining site. The military also assaulted security men on duty. “They returned …

 Chinese governmentt The Chinese government has expressed its disappointment following the involvement of their nationals in illegal small scale mining (Galamsey) as they proposed the Chinese government inclusion in the galamsey fight. They have also proposed a travel blacklisting of its nationals engaged in illegal mining. A delegation from the …

A 30-year-old suspected illegal miner has drowned in an abandoned galamsey pit at Akyem Akanteng in West Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region The deceased, Fulam Tasira, a mechanic reportedly drown while escaping arrest after a false alarm that the military task force clamping down on illegal miners was trooping …

A video of the National Women’s Organizer weeping has surfaced online in the wake of reports linking her to illegal mining activities in the Eastern region. This comes amidst reports suggesting that eight excavators she uses for her illegal mining activities have been burnt by personnel of the Ghana Armed …

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah has expressed anger over the level of pollution of rivers by illegal miners in the Eastern Region. The Minister who toured some of the illegal mining sites during an inspection of the Water Treatment Plants at Kyebi, Bunso, and Osino on Monday expressed …

• The government has renewed its fight against the galamsey menace after it encountered some challenges in its first attempt • Allegations have been rife that some leading government and NPP officials being either owners of galamsey concessions or acting as enablers of galamsey activities • This report highlights the …

The Ashanti regional security coordinator who was recently attacked in his office by members of the vigilante group Delta Force has said the group targetted him because he prevented them from undertaking illegal mining. According to DCOP Ayensu Opare Addo, he has often had brushes with members of the group …

  Kennedy Agyapong, a leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, has advised government to alter its approach in dealing with the menace of illegal small scale mining else it will fail. According to the Assin Central MP, the use of force which is currently the case with …

The Military taskforce clamping down on illegal mining on Sunday, May 15, 2021 set fire into eight (8) excavators, a dozer, and dozens of water pumping machines at the mining site of the National Women’s Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kate Gyamfua at Akyem Akropong in Atewa …

Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central has promised to publish a list of twenty-four illegal mining companies owned by leading figures of the governing New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress. According to him, these politicians are using their influence to undermine the government’s fight against …