Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, believes a meeting called by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to renew the fight against illegal small-scale mining, galamsey, was a joke. He opined in a social media post that instead of picking the Lancaster Hotel in the heartland of the Ashanti Kingdom for the meeting, a concert …

Uncompetitive cocoa prices on the international market is forcing cocoa farmers in gold-producing areas to sell farmlands for illegal mining activities, the Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has said. The situation is rather disturbing, given cocoa has been the main cash crop that has been the backbone of the economy. …

The Bosome Freho District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Ashanti Region, Hon. Yaw Danso has once again st@bbed government in the fight against illegal mining activities (Galamsey). The government of Ghana led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has launched a lot of program and measures to clamping down on …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has questioned why Ghana as a country has failed to stop the menace of illegal small-scale mining (‘galamsey’). In an Opemsuo Radion interview monitored by GhanaWeb, Asantehene also questioned why the security apparatus in these ‘galamsey’ areas and the taskforce set up by the government have failed to …

It has emerged that the about 200 drones purchased to fight illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’ in March 2017, is allegedly missing. According to reports, the $3 million drones purchased under former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu is nowhere to be found. President of the …

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Western Region says the quality of water from the Pra River that is abstracted, treated and supplied to residents of Sekondi- Takoradi is getting worse day by day due to the activities of illegal miners. Currently, the laboratory analysis by GWCL shows …

Two persons have been confirmed dead in illegal mining activity at Sefwi Yaw Brefo in the Juaboso district of the western north region. The deceased, Kelvin Abugiri, 22, and Dramani, 21, were reported dead by the medics at the Juaboso Government Hospital mortuary. According to the report, the duo died …

Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Cocoa Board, Fiifi Boafo, says illegal mining activities in water bodies have compelled cocoa farmers to transport water from home to their various farms for use. This, he said, has led to a high cost of operations for cocoa farmers since they would …

A Lecturer at the Marketing Department of the Kumasi Technical University KsTU Dr Collings Kankam Kwarteng has rained curses on individuals sponsoring illegal small scale mining   activities widely known as galamsey in the country. Dr Kwarteng has asked God to severely punish any grubstakes who are secretly encouraging the galamsey …

Five persons have been confirmed dead at Nangurumah, a mining site in the Mamprugu Moaduri district of the North East region on September 13. The deceased persons who were trapped inside a pit in the Nangurumah mining site have been identified as indigenes of the Yizeri community in the Mamprugu …