Tag: illegal mining
Galamsey Fraud: OSP concludes investigations against Charles Bissue
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has concluded its investigations on Charles Bissue, a former secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on...
Ashanti Region: 24-year-old man drowns in abandoned ‘galamsey’ pit at Bosome...
A 24-year-old man has drowned in an abandoned illegal mining pit at Brofoyedu, close to the Bosome Freho District capital of Asiwa...
Taskforce formed in renewed fight against illegal mining in Akrofuom
The Akrofuom District Assembly in the Ashanti Region has formed a permanent task force to tackle the activities of illegal miners in...
Galamsey: A/R Minister takes charge in Bosome Freho after DCE’s suspension
Yaw Danso, the District Chief Executive of Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region has been suspended with immediate effect, a letter signed...
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...
2 Nigerians slapped with 20-year jail term for engaging in illegal...
A Tarkwa Circuit Court Judge, Hathia Ama Manu has sentenced two Nigerians to 20-year imprisonment for engaging in illegal mining, commonly known...
Sefwi-Elubo chief, brother arrested for illegal mining
The chief of Sefwi-Elubo in the Western North Region has been arrested for his alleged involvement in illegal mining, an official statement...
Ashanti: Military invasion of Ntobroso a ‘targeted attack’ – Concern Youth
The youth of Ntobroso believes soldiers who were deployed to the Atwima Mponua District town embarked on a targeted operation, according to...
‘Fake’ soldier arrested in alleged extortion case
A man who posed as a soldier has been arrested by the army in the Ashanti Region, an official statement has confirmed.
220,000 jobs for illegal miners
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the National Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programme, a programme designed to help alleviate the...
