Tag Archives: ILLEGAL MINNERS

Tension in Nyinawusu after the death of five illegal miners

There is uneasy calm at Nyinawusu, a mining community in the Atwima Mponua district following the alleged killing of five illegal small-scale miners (galamseyers) by some community members. According to reports, the victims were mistaken for armed robbers. The Atwima Mponua District Security Council is considering a military intervention to …

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14 illegal miners arrested at Kenyasi

Fourteen alleged Ghanaian illegal miners in the general area of Kenyasi and its environs in the Adansie North Districts of the Ashanti Region have been nabbed by Ashanti Forward Operating Base (FOB Ashanti) patrol team. The illegal miners were arrested on Monday 13 January 2020 by a patrol team led …

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Taskforce to arrest sympathisers of Chinese illegal miners

The Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Illegal Mining has threatened to arrest anyone who would own up to plead for any Chinese illegal miner who would be arrested. The Taskforce said the rate at which Ghanaians own up to plead for amicable and compromised settlements whenever a Chinese illegal miner is arrested …

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