Tag: Galamsey

NAIMOS Arrests Notorious Osino Galamsey Kingpin After Failed Negotiation to Free Arrested Illegal Miners

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Operatives of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Squad (NAIMOS) have arrested a notorious illegal miner, Iddrisu Zakari, popularly known...

NAIMOS Arrests 36 Suspected Illegal Miners in Osino Dawn Operation

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A joint security operation led by the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has resulted in the arrest of...

We Drink from the Same River: Inside Ghana’s Galamsey Tragedy and the Cry for Survival

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The sun was harsh that afternoon when our team arrived at a small village tucked between once-green hills—hills now...

Open Letter to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II: Please stop Galamsey in Ghana – Dr. Kofi Effah writes

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Dear Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, I write to you out of respect. I have had great respect for you since...

28 Galamsey Operators Busted, Chinese Financiers Arrested – Government Steps Up Fight Against Illegal Mining Menace

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The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has announced major successes in the latest phase of the government’s intensified...

NAIMOS Strikes Hard on ‘Gangway’: Galamsey Haven Crumbles in Western Region Raid

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The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAiMOS) has unleashed a massive crackdown on “Gangway,” a notorious illegal mining and...

12 Arrested for Illegal Mining That Destroyed Takoradi–Nsuta Railway Line

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Twelve individuals have been apprehended for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities that caused extensive damage to portions of...

Bishop Asare Urges President Mahama to Show Courage and Moral Clarity in Galamsey Fight

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The Auxiliary Bishop of the Accra Archdiocese, Most Rev. Anthony Narh Asare, has urged President John Dramani Mahama to...

Catholic Bishops to President Mahama: Act Now to Stop Galamsey Disaster

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The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has urged President John Dramani Mahama to demonstrate courage and moral clarity in...

Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah writes: Galamsey – Is a State of Emergency Needed or Not?

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In Ghana, illegal small-scale mining (“galamsey”) has become a major national security, environmental, and public health crisis. It has...

Galamsey poisoning our food and future, we can’t sit aloof – Lands Ministry vows action

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The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has reaffirmed its commitment to intensifying the fight against illegal mining, commonly...

We’re Coming After You – Armah-Kofi Buah Warns Galamseyers

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The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, who also doubles as the Caretaker Minister for Environment, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah,...