Tag: galamsey
Akufo-Addo insists Wontumi’s Akonta Mining not engaged in galamsey currently
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has exonerated Akonta Mining Company Limited from any wrongdoing, stressing that the Company is not involved in any illegal...
Uproar in Asante-Mampong over plans to ‘destroy farmlands to mine gold’
There is growing anger among the inhabitants of Mampong in the Ashanti Region following attempts by state agencies to authorize the destruction of arable...
‘Galamsey’: Concerted efforts needed to fight menace – COKA
New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart Odeneho Kwaku Appiah says the task to end illegal mining in the country will require a concerted effort rather...
Prayer at galamsey site: You’re nation wreckers – Clergy to irresponsible...
The Christian Ecumenical Bodies of Ghana have described journalists and politicians who said they went to galamsey sites last Friday to pray against the...
Akufo-Addo: ‘My gov’t’s fight against ‘galamsey’ unprecedented’
President Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his commitment to ending the illegal mining menace stressing that the government's efforts to deal with galamsey have been unprecedented...
“It’s annoying” –Otumfuo slams his chiefs, government over ‘galamsey’ surge
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has lashed out at his chiefs over the surge in illegal mining (Galamsey) activities in parts of the...
The economics, policy and politics of the fight against galamsey
We are back to the issue of galamsey! The president’s meeting with the National House of Chiefs and the MMDCEs, media reports with pictures...
Ashanti: Assistant Headmaster of Mpatasie JHS dies in ‘galamsey’ pit
A 47-year-old Assistant Headmaster of Mpatasie D/A Junior High School in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region has died after he fell...
Sammy Gyamfi: ‘Akufo-Addo’s galamsey fight a scam; it’s a spectacular failure’
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticized the government's supposed war against illegal mining describing it as a "scam".
According to the party's National...
Akufo-Addo confirms Bosome Freho DCE is being investigated for ‘galamsey’
District Chief Executive for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region Hon. Yaw Danso is being investigated for illegal mining also known as 'galamsey', President...