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Photos: Mahama meets CSOs on accountability, anti-corruption and governance
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('mjo-article-leaderboard_top'); }); National | Photo Story Photos: Mahama meets CSOs on accountability, anti-corruption and governance Source: Myjoyonline.com 31 March 2026 2:49pm Audio By Carbonatix President John Dramani Mahama met with Civil Society Organisations (CS...
Miss Health Ghana, NMEP intensify fight against Malaria and galamsey in Atiwa West
Miss Health Ghana has partnered with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) to scale up awareness on malaria prevention and the health risks linked to illegal mining in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region.
Galamsey destroys rivers in Suaman as group demands urgent action
Illegal mining activities in the Suaman District of the Western North Region are causing severe destruction to major river bodies, prompting calls for swift government intervention. A civil society group, the Forum for Accountability and Development, has raised alarm over what it describes as escalating environmental d...
Mahama vows stronger environmental governance, seeks CSO collaboration in fighting galamsey
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that his government is intensifying efforts to combat illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, while promoting sustainable land and water use and strengthening environmental governance.
NAIMOS intensifies crackdown on illegal mining activities along Ankobra River
Personnel from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), in collaboration with the Blue Water Guards, have conducted sustained offensive patrols within the Nzema East District of the Western Region.
3 arrested as police storm galamsey site on Ghana Water pipeline at Efutu
The Central Regional Police Command has arrested three persons for engaging in illegal mining along the main pipeline of the Ghana Water Limited (GWL) at Efutu near Cape Coast in the Central Region.
NAIMOS intensifies galamsey crackdown, arrests 40 and seizes mining equipment across six regions
The operations were conducted from Monday 27th of July 2026 to Sunday 2nd August 2026 in Western North, Western, Ashanti, Ahafo, Savannah and Eastern Regions.
Ahanta West: Assembly Member arrested over alleged involvement in galamsey
The Assembly Member for the Sese Electoral Area in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, Samuel Doomson, has been arrested for alleged involvement in galamsey activities in the area. He was invited by the Ahanta West District Police Command to respond to allegations of illegal mining. Reports indicate tha...
Applauding gov’t for galamsey admission is hypocritical – Miracles Aboagye
Director of Communications for the Bawumia campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticised commentators and members of the public who have applauded the government for acknowledging that members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been involved in galamsey (illegal mining).
TUC calls on Mahama to take stronger action against galamsey in forests and rivers
The Deputy Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress Ghana, Dr. Kwabena Nyarko Otoo, has called on the President to take firmer action against illegal mining, widely known as galamsey, particularly by enforcing a total ban on such activities in forest reserves and river bodies.
‘Deal with your own’ – Miracles Aboagye tells Mahama on galamsey
Director of Communication for the Bawumia campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye has urged the government to turn its focus inward in the fight against illegal mining, insisting that its officials must be held accountable rather than shifting attention to past administrations.
Ghanaians have no idea how much foreigners make from galamsey – Archbishop Duncan-Williams
General Overseer of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, says the Ghanaian public has no idea how much money some foreign nationals are making from illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.