Tag: Galamsey

Urgent reforms and stakeholder collaboration to combat illegal mining

IMANI Ghana warns that illegal mining is endangering critical gas pipelines

The fight against galamsey—illegal small-scale mining—has taken on renewed urgency following the recent helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight public servants.  Kwame Jantuah, a prominent legal practitioner and ...

Child rights organisation Challenging Heights has called on the government to fully implement the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDE) in memory of the eight officials who died ...

Ghana’s Mining Tragedy Must Be a Wake-Up Call for Law Enforcement and Sustainable Practices

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operation Secretariat (NAIMOS) Task Force has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining operations in the Bole/Bamboi area of the Savannah Region, making significant seizures and arrests ...

Illegal mining activities in Ghana’s Voltaian Basin pose a major threat to the country’s onshore oil prospects.

The Paramount Chief of the Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nketsia V, has issued a strong call for a complete overhaul of Ghana’s mineral policy, urging the government to ensure ...

In a bold step to reverse the environmental damage caused by illegal mining, the Government of Ghana is set to commence the second phase of its Blue Water Initiative, with ...

The Minister for Defence, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has assured that the National Democratic Congress administration led by President John Dramani Mahama has the political will to end illegal mining, ...