Tag: illegal miners

“This activity started not too long ago, but there was no political will to stop them...''

The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) has issued a powerful call to action following the alarming deterioration of Ghana’s water bodies, exacerbated by illegal mining activities, or galamsey. Convenor Kenneth ...

The Vice President of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Selorm Branttie has strongly lashed out at the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), expressing profound regret over his 2016 vote ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed strong disapproval of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) response to a viral video featuring Ernest Frimpong, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate ...

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has issued a stern warning to the public following the circulation of viral videos on social media platforms inciting violence against soldiers and other security ...

Savannah Regional Minister, Saeed Muhazu Jibril, has revealed that the operation by the Military, the Regional Security Council and the Minerals Commission to eradicate illegal miners on the Black Volta ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has revealed that Government remains fully committed to protecting Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine. According to him, government will equally work ...

AngloGold Ashanti has refuted suggestions that some 300 illegal miners trapped in one of the company’s mine shafts are confined and unable to exit. According to the mining firm, the ...

Thirty (30) people purported to be illegal miners have been trapped in a mining pit belonging to AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) pit at Anwiam, a suburb of Obuasi. They are believed ...