Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

  Captain Smart, the host of Angel FM Morning Show, has called President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to go to his hometown, Kyebi and stop the galamsey activities that is going on there. According to him, those involved in the activities are Burkinabés and Guineans who have been hired by the …

The European Union (EU) is threatening to ban cocoa from Ghana if the negative impact of illegal mining on the country’s environment persists. Making a presentation at the ongoing National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining in Accra today, April 15, 2021, the Deputy Chief Executive in-Charge of Agronomy and …

The youth of the Nkoranza South constituency has descended heavily on their member of parliament, Honourable Emmanuel Agyekum, for his involvement and promotion of illegal mining in the area.    In a related development, the youth had earlier given a notice to the Queen mother of Nkoranza, Ohemaa Yaa Dudaa …

A 22-two-year-old man has met his untimely death after he slipped and fell into an abandoned galamsey pit at Akyem Apampatia in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region. The remains of Nicholas Bokom have since been deposited at the CHAD morgue at Ankaase for preservation and autopsy. man slips and …

Six (6) suspected illegal miners including four (4) Chinese nationals have been arrested by the Ashanti regional Operation Vanguard taskforce. The Chinese nationals arrested are Li Xuh Jun, 51, Mo Chi Cai, 52, Wei Fun Ham, 45, and Wei Ziyun, 38. Yusif Fuseini – leader of the four suspects who …

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has been tasked by Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to take a relook at illegal mining known as Galamsey and deal with it. He made the appeal when the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, paid a …

The Operation Vanguard team of the Ghana Police Service has destroyed some 59 Changfang motors. The Western Region Force, commanded by Superintendent of Police William Kwofie Jabialu, destroyed the machines, as part of their mandate to curb illegal mining activities and water pollution in the region. According to the police, …

Two people who work at a Galamsey site at Sefwi Datano have been drown to death. This incident happened at Sefwi Datano in the Western Region of Ghana. Mustapha and Mumuni are the names of the deceased and they were very closed friends. It was reported that Mustapha went into …

A 41-year-old man, Emmanuel Okyere, popularly called Mensah has died inside a mining pit at Akyem Dokyi in the Kwabibirem Municipal District of the Eastern Region. He died on Thursday, 11 March 2021 when he fell into the mining pit, belonging to BSD Company. According to an eye witness who …

Two illegal miners have met their untimely death with one other person severely injured after a hill close to their mine site collapsed on them. The three were on their routine galamsey expedition on Tuesday afternoon when the hill, which had developed some cracks, accidentally slipped on Kofi China, 30, …