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NAIMOS disables six excavators and seizes firearms in anti-galamsey raid at Ahwiren
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has dismantled an illegal mining (galamsey) operation at Ahwiren in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region, disabling six excavators, destroying pumping equipment and recovering firearms during an intelligence-led operation.
Eight arrested in Amonaso Forest crackdown as police intensify war on illegal mining
The fight against illegal mining, widely known as galamsey, has gained renewed momentum in the Bono Region following the arrest of eight suspects at the Amomaso Forest near the Berekum Municipality. According to an official statement issued by the Bono Regional Police Command and signed by its Public Relations Officer,...
Legal battle looms in Ghana as 20-year mining conviction for Wontumi sparks constitutional debate
The 20-year prison sentence handed to Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, Ashanti Regional Chairman of Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), for illegal mining has ignited a profound constitutional debate. While the Accra High Court’s Monday ruling marks a significant milestone in the nation’s battle against ‘galamsey’—ill...
Illegal mining fight not aggressive enough – Prof Boadi
The Dean of the Faculty of Accounting and Finance at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Isaac Boadi, says the government has not been forceful enough in tackling illegal mining and that efforts to fight galamsey are not strong enough.
High Court sets July 20 for judgment in Wontumi mining trial
The High Court in Accra has granted the legal team of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, additional time to submit its written address in the criminal trial arising from alleged illegal mining activities at Samreboi.
Why Ghana cannot defeat galamsey
Two presidents have staked their names on ending illegal gold mining. Ministers have lost their jobs, their reputations and, on the way to yet another launch, their lives. Yet Africa’s biggest gold producer still cannot stop the digging. The reasons lie deeper than the pits. Editor’s note: Quotations from unnamed miner...
CAGG rejects ‘era of impunity is over’ claim, calls for tougher anti-galamsey
The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (CAGG) has challenged the government's assertion that the "era of impunity is over" in the fight against illegal mining (galamsey), insisting that persistent lawlessness across several mining hotspots demonstrates that the battle against galamsey is far from won.
Two foreign nationals arrested in pre-dawn anti-galamsey raid in Ashanti Region
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), through its Manso Adubia taskforce, in a joint operation with the Blue Water Guards, has executed a decisive pre-dawn enforcement raid at Sanfo Adiam in the Amansie East District of the Ashanti Region.
Lands and Mines Watch welcomes Wontumi verdict, urges tougher action against illegal mining
Lands and Mines Watch Ghana (LMWG) has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, and Akonta Mining Company Limited, describing the judgment as a landmark moment in Ghana’s fight against illegal mining. In a...
Wontumi appeals 20-year jail sentence in Samreboi mining case
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, and Akonta Mining Company Limited have appealed against a 20-year prison sentence imposed over illegal mining activities at Samreboi, asking the Court of Appeal to overturn their convictio...
Chiefs and youth march against emerging galamsey activities in Berekum
Tensions are mounting in the Berekum enclave as traditional authorities and local residents hit the streets to protest the sudden emergence of illegal mining activities, commonly known as galamsey, in the Amomaso community.
10 arrested as anti-galamsey taskforce seizes excavator, changfang machines in Oda River Forest Reserve raid
An anti-galamsey taskforce has arrested 10 suspects during a targeted operation in the Oda River Forest Reserve as authorities intensify efforts to curb illegal mining activities.