Tag Archives: Galamsey

Convener of Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey has intimated that he is ready to take President Akufo-Addo on his words to provide evidence in relation to involvement of persons associated with government in illegal mining.     His assertion comes against the backdrop of President Akufo-Addo’s promise to …

Following the President Akufo-Addo’s meeting with the National House of Chiefs at the Manhyia Palace Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the Paramount Chief of Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area, Katakyie Kwasi Bumagama II, has outlawed illegal mining activities in his paramountcy.   The galamsey menace has become topical after government renewed its …

The Assistant Headmaster of Mpatasie D/A Junior High School in the Amansie South District, Akwasi Anane, has died after falling into a ‘galamsey’ pit. The incident happened at Manso Mpatasie, near Manso Odaho in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday. According to reports, the teacher, who is also secretary to the …

The National Democratic Congress has asked President Akufo-Addo to demonstrate his commitment towards the fight against ‘galamsey’ by prosecuting his officials who have been found complicit in illegal mining immediately National Communication Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi at a press conference on Thursday said the government is being rhetorical …

The Police, in the wee hours of 9th September, 2022 arrested nine more suspects and retrieved three excavators and three pump action guns in another anti-galamsey operation in the Western Region. The suspects also include three Chinese nationals and six accomplices who are Ghanaians. This follows the arrest of five …

Information reaching MyGhanaMedia.com indicates that, three (3) persons have been confirmed dead after an illegal mining (galamsey) pit collapsed on them at Wassa-Dompoase, a mining community in the Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region.   The deceased include,  Ahmed, Wofa and Kay.   According to an  eye witness the …

The galamsey activity has claimed one life and left two others injured as galamsey pit caved in at Yaapesaa, a mining community in the Bosome-Freho district of the Ashanti region.   According to the report, Yaapesaa is a mining community where galamsey activities are highly rampant and the victims went …

  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Supom Chairman in the Akyemansa District, Yaw Sam Nyamade, is serving a 12-month jail term over attempt to bribe the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Paul Asamoah.   He explains that in the heat of the fight against illegal mining, District Chief …

Two students have died in a galamsey pit at Akyem Asiakwa in Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern region. The two victims were a final year student of St Stephen’s Senior High Technical School (STEPSS) in Asiakwa and a continuing student of Begoro Presbyterian Senior High school. The incident occured …

Two Chinese nationals have been arrested for illegal small scale mining by the Wassa East District Security Council and the Ghana Police Service in the Western Region. The operation executed along the Pra River is in fulfilment of the President’s directive to end the menace in water bodies in Ghana. …