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Atewa Forest: Forestry Commission destroys galamsey equipment
The Forestry Commission has demobilized equipment being used for illegal mining in the Atewa Forest in the Eastern Region.
The demobilization was carried out at a mining site outside…
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Akonta Mining controversy: Jinapor’s 16 points reply to Mahama
Dear President Mahama,
I have read, Sir, with utmost dismay, your Facebook post regarding the comments made by the President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in…
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Lands Ministry, GAF re-affirm commitment to galamsey fight
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor has paid special tributes to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for its unalloyed support for the Ministry in the execution of…
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Galamsey: 24-year-old to pay GH₵120k plus 15 years in jail
A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro, Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region has sentenced Alexander Addo, aged 24, unemployed to a fine of GH₵120,000 plus 15 years imprisonment for…
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50% of women in mining who are sexually harassed victimised
For reporting their male superiors who harass them
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Tracking, monitoring of excavators, mining equipment goes online
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has commissioned a network centre at the Minerals Commission to monitor and track earth moving and mining equipment,…
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OccupyGhana: Akonta Mining case key test to end ‘galamsey’
OccupyGhana, a pressure group, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene as it seeks for the prosecution of persons behind the operations of Akonta Mining…
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OccupyGhana wants all galamsey lands confiscated to the state
Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has called for an amendment of the law to criminalise the making of land available for galamsey operations, and the confiscation of such lands to the state.…
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Religious leaders call for ban on all small scale-mining activities
Religious leaders in the country have asked government to ban all small-scale mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ until a comprehensive workable road map is established to ensure…
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Targeting kingpins is among new strategies against galamsey
Government has introduced new measures in a renewed commitment in the fight against illegal small-scale mining popularly called galamsey.
The new measures include concurrent…
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