Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

File photo: ‘Galamsey’ pit One person has been confirmed dead after an illegal mining (galamsey) pit collapsed on him at Campso, a farming community in the Juaboso district of the Western North Region. The deceased, Kwame Amosah, 52, was part of seven working on the illegal mining site when part …

A question everyone wants answers to. Everyone is looking for who is behind the canker which has become one of Ghana’s biggest threats. Illegal small scale mining popularly referred to as Galamsey didn’t begin now, in fact, per information from the nationalgeographic.com, it can be traced to the 80’s where …

Go to court if you dislike my galamsey excavator-burning style – Akufo-Addo to critics • President Akufo-Addo has spoken for the first time on the burning of excavators that were seized from mining sites • He said the move by his government is the most effective as it will cause …

In the wake of the ongoing national outcry about illegal mining and its toll of destruction on the environment, a powerful traditional leader, the Chief of Adansi and president of the Adansi traditional council, has been accused of being involved in illegal mining. Multiple sources, including a lawyer, an Assembly …

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 …