Tag Archives: GALAMSEY

Two pregnant women allegedly engaged in illegal mining also known as galamsey have died in a galamsey pit at Denkyira-Ayanfuri in the Central Region. According to residents, the incident happened on Thursday 17th March 2022 at around 12:30 AM. The names of the two deceased, aged 35 and 25, are …

A one and half year old girl whose name was given as Elcy has drowned in a shallow pond containing water at Dakurpe, a galamsey community in the Bole district. Information gathered by Bole-based Nkilgi Fm indicates that the mother of little Elcy was busy working whilst Elcy was also …

Research conducted by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has revealed that at least nine individuals engaged in ‘galamsey’ and fraud, funded political parties during the 2020 general elections as top financiers. According to the report, seven financiers were involved in serious and organized crime, one in illegal oil bunkering …

Boy dies after falling in galamsey pit Galamsey pit kills 4 children in 3 years at Konongo Police at Patriensa say the people report missing children A 13-year-old boy has drowned in an abandoned illegal mining pit while trying to save his younger brother at Patriensa close to Konongo in …

A leading member of the NPP says she has a galamsey-related contract since 2018 Hajia Fati at a press conference denied her security people had been arrested She also vouches for the incorruptibility of President Akufo-Addo Hajia Fati, a vocal member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, has revealed …

The Bole Magistrate Court has sentenced a 19-year-old old illegal mining (galamsey) operator, Issahaku Aziz, to 18 months imprisonment. The sentence was handed to him by His Worship, Andrew Prince Cudjoe, for possession of a stolen unregistered Apsonic Aloba motorbike valued at GHS 4,800.00. The prosecutor in the case, Chief …

The Western North Regional Taskforce of the Small Scale Miners Association of Ghana, together with the Sefwi Wiawso District Police Command have arrested some illegal miners in the District. The Anti- Galamsey operations also led to the seizure of water pumping machines, motorbikes, mobile phones, and parts of excavators in …

The ex-military man is currently on the run A 34-year-old man, Elijah Tenbintey, has allegedly been shot dead by an ex-military man at a mining site at Manso Kaniago in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred around 5 pm on Thursday, 19 June 2021. The …

There appear to be a renewed surge in the activities of illegal miners, popularly called galamsey, who are bent on destroying water bodies and forest reserves in search of precious minerals, particularly gold. A few months after the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources acting on behalf of the government …

Two students have died in a galamsey pit at Akyem Asiakwa in Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern region. The two victims were a final year student of St Stephen’s Senior High Technical School (STEPSS) in Asiakwa and a continuing student of Begoro Presbyterian Senior High school. The incident occurred …