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“Declaring areas as security zones good, but not enough” – Kofi Bentil tells gov’t

Kofi Bentil, the Vice President of IMANI Africa, has told the John Mahama government that declaring areas as security zones is good, but not...

1400 galamseyers arrested, 440 excavators and over 800 changfans seized in 8 months – Lands Minister

Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has given a detailed breakdown of the government's illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey...

“Galamsey will haunt Mahama, even if the cedi goes to GHC6 to a dollar” – Vormawor

Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a private legal practitioner and social activist, has warned President John Dramani Mahama that the illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, will...

“Galamsey is beyond NPP and NDC” – Miracles Aboagye

An aide to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has said the fight against illegal mining (galamsey) should transcend partisan politics. According...

Watch FixTheCountry activists hoot at NDC’s Gbande as they reject calls to suspend vigil

The FixtheCountry movement yesterday, 21 September 2025, rejected pleas from Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, Mustapha Gbande, for a suspension of the vigil. The...

“Goldbod is not in the market buying galamsey gold” – Sammy Gyamfi

Sammy Gyamfi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), has clarified that the Goldbod is not in the market buying galamsey...

“In the coming months, you will see a new shift” – Lands Minister warn galamseyers

Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has issued a stern warning to illegal miners commonly known as galamseyers. The land minister...

‘Conman Mahama has blatantly ignored galamsey fight for economic gains’ – Netizen

A netizen on Facebook, identified as Eric Abavare, has fired shots at President John Mahama for ignoring the galamsey fight for economic gains. Eric Abavare...

Gov’t can do better in galamsey fight – Ablakwa admits

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has admitted that the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government can do better in the fight...

Lands Minister ‘pampers’ galamseyers, says dialogue will win fight

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Emmanuel Kofi Armah Buah has outrightly rejected every call to adopt extreme aggression to combat the activities of...

MMDCEs in galamsey areas must be sacked – Ken Ashigbey tells Mahama

Dr Ken Ashigbey, the Convener of the Coalition Against Galamsey, has confidently told President John Dramani Mahama to sack all Metropolitan, Municipal and District...

State of emergency on galamsey hasn’t been ruled out – Presidential Spokesperson

Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Presidential Spokesperson and Minister of State for Government Communications, has said President John Mahama has not ruled out declaring a...

“I feel more hopeless after listening to you” – Manasseh tells Mahama

Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist, has confidently told President John Mahama he feels more hopeless after listening to him speak on the galamsey...

Mahama has been very disappointing in the fight against galamsey – Manasseh

Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist, has expressed his dissatisfaction with President John Dramani Mahama's fight against illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey. The investigative...

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“Kill the galamsey menace before it kills your cabinet” – Mahama told

Why would a Kumasi MP write to Mahama opposing the Accra-Kumasi Expressway? – Asenso-Boakye quizzed

Gov’t confirms the passing of Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings