Lands Minister orders immediate revocation of Akonta Mining licenses over illegal operations
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has ordered the immediate revocation of all mining licenses ...
Tag: Illegal Mining
Racism against blacks in Ghana?
In 2021, my team applied to the Ghana Prisons Service and obtained data on inmates in Ghana’s prisons. The data ...
Transfer all police commanders in mining areas – Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak orders IGP
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, has directed the immediate transfer of all police commanders stationed in Ghana’s mining ...
EPA boss slams ‘blatant misrepresentation’ of comments on political interference in galamsey fight
The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, has strongly condemned what ...
Forestry Commission officer fighting for his life after brutal attack by armed illegal miners
A member of the Forestry Commission’s Rapid Response team is in critical condition after a violent attack by armed illegal ...
Parliament launches probe into MP over illegal mining allegations
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has announced an investigation into a petition against a Member of Parliament (MP) accused of ...
Don’t burn the excavators, confiscate them – President Mahama orders illegal mining task force
President John Dramani Mahama has directed the task force combating illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) to confiscate excavators instead of destroying ...
Illegal miners seize nine forest reserves — Lands Minister Armah Kofi Buah warns of crisis
Accra – Ghana’s fight against illegal mining has reached a critical point, with nine forest reserves now completely taken over ...
Forestry officials allegedly set fire to four excavators in Atewa Forest buffer
Officials from the Kyebi Division of the Forestry Commission have allegedly burned four excavators suspected to be engaged in mining ...
Aowin chiefs ban NDC MP Oscar Ofori Larbi over alleged misconduct, illegal mining
The Aowin Traditional Council has banned the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aowin, Oscar Ofori Larbi, from setting foot on ...
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