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Prez. Akufo-Addo to meet Chiefs, MMDCEs at Manhyia today over galamsey
Add a CommentPresident Akufo-Addo will be meeting Municipal and District Chief Executives and also National House of Chiefs at Manhyia in Kumasi on Wednesday October 5, over issues surrounding illegal small scale mining (galamsey). This comes at a time concerns have been … Read more →
Residents in ‘Galamsey’ areas are at high risk of contracting Marburg virus disease – GHS
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) has warned that residents of communities near illegal small-scale mining (‘galamsey’) sites have a high risk of contracting Marburg virus disease. According to the GHS, residents of these areas should be extra vigilant because the Marburg virus … Read more →
Galamsey: It’s good to burn excavators – EU Boss
Add a CommentDiana Acconcia, the head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Ghana says it is better to burn excavators than to allow them to be used for illegal mining. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show Tuesday (6 July) with Kojo Mensah, Acconcia … Read more →
Western North: More babies born without eyes, nose, ears due to galamsey
Add a CommentMedical staff in Sewum Health Centre in the Aowin District of the Western North Region are recording a high number of newborn babies without some vital body parts due to the activities of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. According … Read more →
Galamsey pit crashes 5 to death in the Western Region
Add a CommentFive miners met their untimely death last Sunday after an illegal mining (galamsey) pit collapsed on them at Adumbanso Lower Electoral Area, a farming community in the Wassa East District of the Western Region. The five consist of four females and … Read more →
We welcome workable solutions to stamp out galamsey – Western Regional Minister
Add a CommentThe Western Regional Minister, Hon. Dr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is calling on all stakeholders to help with workable solution to stamp out galamsey. At the maiden edition of the ‘Ghana Gold Expo’ in Takoradi, the Western Regional Minister mentioned technologies … Read more →
Powerful people behind ‘galamsey’ in forest reserves – Forestry Commission
Add a CommentThe Forestry Commission says unseen powerful persons are behind the resurgence of illegal mining in some forest reserves in the country. One of such affected forest is the Bekwai Forest Reserve in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region, … Read more →
Galamsey: $21b required to restore degraded mining lands
Add a CommentA whopping $21 billion would be required to restore the degraded mining lands. An additional $400 million to restore Ankobra River alone that had been so polluted by the galamsey operatorsProfessor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and … Read more →
Presidential staffer, others fingered in stinky mining deals
Add a CommentA presidential staffer and Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Mr. Charles Cromwell Bissue, has been fingered as the foremost turncoat against efforts by President Akufo-Addo to weed out illegal mining in the country. In the latest … Read more →
Fitch predicts resurgence in ‘galamsey’
Add a CommentILLEGAL mining, popularly called ‘galamsey’ is expected to thrive in the country in the coming months despite government’s onslaught on the menace. According to BMI, a research outfit of ratings agency, Fitch, increasing economic ‘pull factors’ will actually encourage the … Read more →
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