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“We are on a battlefield with plastic chairs” – Abena Osei-Asare on GH¢150m allocated for galamsey fight

Abena Osei-Asare, the former Deputy Finance Minister, has strongly criticised the government's allocation of just GH¢150 million to combat illegal mining (galamsey). During the 2026...

“As President, I will never give up in the galamsey fight” – Mahama vows

President John Dramani Mahama has vowed that as the President of Ghana, he will never give up in the fight against galamsey. According to John...

Watch NDC and NPP MPs trade jabs and accusations at each other over galamsey fight

The Members of Parliament from both the Majority and Minority sides have traded jabs and accusations at each other over successive government failures to...

“My own personal cocoa farm has been devastated by galamsey” – Joe Wise

The Former member of parliament for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, commonly known as Joe Wise, has revealed that his personal cocoa farm has been devastated...

NAIMOS rounds up several galamseyers at Cape Three Points forest reserve

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) Task Force has rounded up several illegal gold miners (galamseyers) at the Cape Three Points forest reserve. According...

NAIMOS strikes again, busts Chinese and Burkinabè Nationals involved in Galamsey

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) Task Force has staged yet another operation on illegal miners (galamsey) in the Western North and Western...

“National Security Council believes galamsey fight can be won without a state of emergency” – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the National Security Council believes the galamsey fight can be won without a state of emergency. According to...

Mahama to host high-level meeting on galamsey with CSOs today

President John Dramani Mahama, today, Friday, October 3, will host a high-level meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and key stakeholders about the illegal...

“The environmental criminals want us to give up, but we will continue to fight” – Ken Ashigbey vows

Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, the Convener of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, has said they cannot give up on the fight against illegal mining (galamsey). Dr...

Galamsey pit collapse kills six, four rescued 

Six illegal miners (galamseyers) have been confirmed dead following a mining pit collapse at an illegal mining site at Kasotie in the Atwima Mponua...

“I have never, ever called for a state of emergency” – Sam George

The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Sam Nartey George, has responded to claims he once called for a state of emergency in...

Ghana cannot regulate okada; how will it fight galamsey? – Prof Prempeh

Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, the Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC), has weighed in on Ghana’s failure to fight illegal small-scale mining, popularly...

“It will be ‘butubutu’, if the year ends and nothing is done on galamsey” – Franklin Cudjoe

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has warned the John Mahama-led government that it will be ‘butubutu’ if the year ends and nothing is...

“Mahama could move faster in galamsey fight” – Sam George admits

The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Sam Nartey George, has admitted that President John Mahama could have moved faster in the fight...

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