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‘Restoring forests or ravaging Ghana’s green heritage?’ – Coalition questions Akufo-Addo’s COP 29 claims

Accusing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's administration of making empty promises and not taking decisive action, the Media Coalition Against Galamsey has presented a discomforting assessment of his management of illegal mining, known locally as galamsey. The coalition emphasized the conflict between the President's...

Government is just pussyfooting around galamsey fight – Felicity Nelson

Social justice activist Felicity Nelson has criticised the government for what she describes as an equivocating approach to combating illegal mining, also known as galamsey. In an interview on JoyNews' Newsfile programme on Saturday, October 12, Madam Nelson, who was recently granted bail after a...

Galamsey: We pray God touches the hearts of people – Catholic Bishop

Father Nicolas Azzineh, the National President for Peace, Justice, and Creation of the Catholic Church in Ghana, has expressed his prayer that God will transform the hearts of those who are participating in galamsey. Father Azzineh made the remark on Friday during a prayer walk...

Nationwide strike against galamsey will proceed despite Akufo-Addo’s plea – GNAT

Thomas Musah, the general secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has given Organised Labour, and in particular GNAT, assurances that their planned strike action against irresponsible and illegal mining will go place on October 10 as scheduled. Speaking in an exclusive Accra...

VIDEO: ELLEMBELLE DISTRICT-Galamsey Crisis in Anwia township

Kwasi Nyankeh Menlah writes; Anwia, a township in the Western Region of Ghana, is currently at the heart of a burgeoning galamsey crisis. This illegal mining activity has sparked significant controversy, drawing attention to its detrimental effects on both local communities and the broader...