Environment

Forestry officials allegedly set fire to four excavators in Atewa Forest buffer

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...

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah

Environment

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...

Opinion

BuzStopBoys, Zoomlion and Bloggers

Someone has drawn my attention to a meeting between Ghanaian bloggers/influencers and Zoomlion and its CEO. Governments since Kufuor have...

Environment

Cape Coast, Winneba to mark Independence Day with sanitation march

Cape Coast and Winneba will commemorate this year’s Independence Day with a march against poor sanitation, as part of efforts...

Environment

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...

Opinion

Linda Ocloo is Courting Currption, not Solution

Dear Linda Ocloo, The Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo Markin, is widely quoted in media reports as saying that...

We will not allow illegal miners to destroy our water source – Amakye-Bare residents vow resistance

Environment

We will not allow illegal miners to destroy our Barekese Dam – Amakye-Bare residents vow resistance

Residents of Amakye-Bare in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region have declared a firm stance against illegal...

Environment

Chiefs must lead the fight against illegal mining – Lands Minister Armah-Kofi Buah

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has called on traditional leaders to take a leading role...

Environment

Keta tidal waves force families to exhume their deceased relatives for reburial

Residents of Amutinu, Salakope, Adina, and surrounding communities in the Ketu South Municipality are calling for urgent government intervention as...