Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

Thirteen persons have been arrested in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region for engaging in illegal mining, popularly called galamsey. They were grabbed following a joint operation involving personnel of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), National Investigation Bureau, Dormaa East District Police Command, and Dormaa East Assembly …

The Odikro of Akwaboa in Kwahu West Municipality of Eastern Region Nana Kofi Osei has been arrested over his alleged involvement in illegal mining. He was arrested on a mining site together with three other retired military men who were providing security service for him at ‘Nkwaakwaasem’ in Kwahu East …

The devastating effects of the menace of illegal small-scale mining, otherwise known as galamsey, have been seen across various parts of the country. Till now, we have been seeing how galamsey has degraded farmlands and polluted inland water bodies across the Ashanti, Eastern, Western and Bono regions. Now the pollution …

Yaw Danso, the embattled District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, has spoken for the first time since a voice purported to be his encouraging galamsey activities in his district went viral on social media. According to him, the viral audio has nothing to do with …

Dr Clement Apaak, MP, Builsa South, has stated that the clergy going to the galamsey sites to pray and sing patriotic songs won’t save the environment. According to him, the clergy must call out the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for refusing to use the power of the state to …

Selected members of the clergy have stepped up their support for the government’s fight against the illegal small-scale mining, galamsey, menace. Dozens of these Christian religious leaders took a tour of some galamsey sites in the Eastern region to assess the level of damage and to pray for divine intervention …

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Danso has been suspended by the Akufo-Addo for his alleged involvement in galamsey. The decision follows a leaked audio that implicates the District Chief Executive encouraging illegal mining activities in his district. In a letter communicating the …

The King of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu has questioned why his chiefs have sat aloof and watched their lands and water bodies destroyed by illegal miners. He says they cannot be exempted from the blame because they have the authority to protect the lands and water bodies for …

    Dear OccupyGhana, I am in love with your consistent advocacy for illegal mining to be halted in Ghana to safeguard our water bodies and forests. I have been reading your weekly epistles to His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo religiously. What I also like about your constant reminders …

A Deputy Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar has indicated that kidney and liver diseases are increasing in some parts of the country especially in mining areas due to the impacts of illegal small scale mining (Galamsey). In her view, the country needs a proactive response to the galamsey menace. Speaking …