Tag: galamsey
Galamsey fight: Gov’t faces legal action for burning excavators at mining...
The government will soon face legal action over the burning of excavators owned by members of the Small Scale Miners Association.
The miners want to...
I support burning of excavators in galamsey fight – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has publicly endorsed the destruction of equipment including excavators being used for illegal mining.
“I say, with all the emphasis...
Mining pit swallows a dozen in Ghana, 3 confirmed dead
At least three persons have been confirmed dead after an illegal mining pit collapsed on them in Breman in the Central Region of Ghana,...
Presidency sent us; now they’re calling us thieves –32 nat’l security...
Some 32 galamsey operatives facing a court for engaging in illegal mining in the Atewa Forest have said the office of the President sent...
Galamsey fight: Excavator burning justified – Buaben Asamoa writes
Never since international gold trading started over 400 years ago in the ‘Gold Coast’ at ‘El Mina’ has the winning of the precious metal...
We were assaulted, humiliated during ‘Operation Halt raid’ – Xtra Gold...
Workers of Xtra Gold, the mining company belonging to New Patriotic Party's National Women's Organizer Kate Gyamfuaa have been narrating how they were assaulted...
Has Akufo-Addo been backstabbed in the Fight Against Galamsey?
To deepen his commitment and resolve to ending the cancerous menace of illegal mining, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in April 2017 inaugurated the...
Greed, dishonesty and hypocrisy must be eschewed in ‘galamsey’ fight –...
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has admonished stakeholders in the fight against illegal small-scale mining also known as galamsey to focus on the job...
Ghana lets loose 400 more soldiers on illegal miners
The Ghanaian government has deployed additional 400 soldiers to beef up the fight against illegal mining on water bodies in the West African country.
According to the...
Ghana renews fight against illegal mining with 200 soldiers
The Ghana Armed Forces have deployed 200 soldiers to protect water bodies in a renewed fight against illegal mining in the country.
The deployment which...
