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Court remands five Chinese nationals over galamsey

An Accra High Court has remanded into custody five Chinese nationals including one female called En Huang aka Aisha Huang aka Yaa Asantewaa, a supposed Queenpin behind galamsey operations in the Ashanti Region. Her accomplices are Gao Jin Cheng 45, … Continue reading

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Government to construct 25,300 boreholes and water systems – Adda

Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Mr. Joseph Kofi Adda, has announced the decision to sink 25,000 boreholes and construct 300 small water systems to expand access to quality water supply across the nation. This, he said, formed part of the … Continue reading

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Ghana falls on foreign Missions to support the fight against galamsey

Government has called on all African foreign Missions in Ghana to support the fight against illegal mining, known as galamsey, to save Ghana from the current environmental destruction. The missions are also being urged to educate their citizens who wish … Continue reading

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Asia Huang, the powerful Chinese woman behind galamsey in Ghana

Asia Huang is said to be the powerful Chinese woman behind the booming illegal mining (galamsey) in the Ashanti, Western and Eastern Regions. According to the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Kweku Baako, she has a strong influence, links … Continue reading

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Government to strengthen Social Protection interventions for galamsey communities

The Child Rights International (CRI), a non-governmental Organisation has called on the government to make its Social Protection (SP), interventions known in the handling and the stoppage of ‘galamsey’ activities in the country. The Organisation, which based its call on … Continue reading

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Ghanaian worker buried alive in mining operations.

Lands and Natural Resources minister John Peter Amewu has directed Shanxii Mining Ghana Limited in the Upper East region to stop work following the tragic death of seven miners. The death of 35-year-old Samuel Bang, an employee of the Shaanxi … Continue reading

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Government should ignore the threat of voters in solving galamsey

The Development Research and Advocacy Centre (DRAC), a Non-Governmental Organization, operating in northern Ghana, has called on government not to be dissuaded and detracted by the threat issued by some voters on the fight against illegal small scale mining activities … Continue reading

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EU to help Ghana tackle environmental challenges

The European Union (EU) in Ghana, on Wednesday expressed its readiness towards supporting efforts at addressing environmental challenges confronting the country. Mr William Hanna, Ambassador of the EU delegation, who led a team to pay a courtesy call on Professor … Continue reading

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Government’s solution to Galamsey

Mpraeso-Kwahu (E/R), April 17, GNA- Mr John Peter Amewu, Minister of Lands and Forestry, has launched the Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP) at Kwahu-Mpreaso in the Eastern Region to holistically tackle the issue of illegal mining and bring sanity in … Continue reading

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Christian council “cries” to President Akufo-Addo

Accra, April 11, GNA – The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to strive to make the Birim River and other polluted water bodies in the country drinkable again. Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, the … Continue reading

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