Source: Africa Publicity Ghana’s government has launched a bold initiative to reclaim its forest reserves and protect its water bodies from the devastating effects of illegal gold mining, also known as galamsey. Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has issued a stern warning to illegal miners, stating that the government’s…
Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah and his delegation in a group photo with Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi Source: Africa Publicity The King of Ghana’s Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has pledged his support for the Ghanaian government’s renewed fight against illegal gold mining, also known as galamsey in the…
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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and several other health unions and associations have urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to immediately ban all small-scale mining operations, whether legal or illegal. This call comes in response to the increasing destruction of the country’s forest reserves and water bodies, along with the serious public health and environmental…
Amid heightened fears about the devastating impact of illegal mining, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Samuel A.Jinapor, MP, has assured of immediate actions by government to tackle the menace. Whiles downplaying suggestions that the government had taken its foot off the pedal in galamsey fight, the Minister disclosed that the government will…
