Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

The Minister-designate for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has suggested that Ghana must “severely” regulate excavators to address the problem of illegal mining in the country. According to him, excavators should be accounted for and banned as a measure to tackle illegal mining. “We should have a census …

President Akufo Addo has sacked Colonel Michael Opoku, much to the excitement of the new recruits at the National Security Agency. Col. Opoku was the notorious Director of Operations at the National Security who ordered the rallied thugs from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) embedded in the National Security …

Residents of Hia, a farming community in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region have declared war on Chinese miners in the community following the banishment of Assemblyman for Hia Anthony Kwakye Aborah by the traditional leaders. On Thursday, February 11, 2021, reported about the banishment of the assemblyman …

Illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, continues to be a scourge on our conscience as a nation with huge impact on the environment. A recent report filed by Erastus Asare Donkor of Luv FM, showed that, despite the many efforts and assurances by authorities to end galamsey, the activities of illegal miners is …

Kwame Okyere Darko, a Business Development Consultant and an advocate against illegal mining, has said the fight against galamsey was not real. He wants the president to admit he failed in the fight against illegal mining. “This Galamsey fight is the biggest environmental scam in Sub Saharan Africa…it is not …

Three Junior High School (JHS) pupils at Banaso in the Aowin Municipality have drowned in abandoned illegal mining pit locally known as galamsey pit. The deceased are Mary Affum, 16, Pricilla Benewaa, 15, and Linda Manu, 15. Enchi District Police Commander, Superintendent of Police Benard Akotoge, confirmed the tragedy to …

Three teenage girls have been found dead at Banaso, a farming community near Enchi in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region after drowning in a ‘galamsey’ pit. Ophelia Tawiah, 12, Maaku, 13 and 14-year-old Linda Manu met their untimely death while mining on the ‘galamsey’ site Thursday evening, …

A young man has lost his life after he drowned in an abandoned galamsey pit in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region. Rainbow Radio’s Abdul Malik, in a report, said the deceased, whose name was only given as Ibrahim, was a galamsey operator and an SHS graduate. According …

Over 163 suspected illegal miners otherwise known as Galamsey Operators including foreigners who continue to violate the ban on illegal mining in the country, have been arrested by Operation Vanguard Taskforce. 2000 changfan machines used by these miners have also been seized and burnt according to details available to MyNewsGh.com …

Six illegal miners have perished at Mpohor Banso in the Western Region of Ghana, after a Galamsey pit where they were mining caved in on them. Narrating the story, Mr. Ignatius Asaah Mensah who is the District Chief Executive for Mpohor, told newsmen that the six young men were trapped …