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Nov
The Benkumhene of Asamang Tamfoe Nana Boakye Darkwa will cease to be the chief of his people as the Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has ordered that he be destoolment over illegal mining. The order by the overlord of the Akyem Abuakwa followed a petition by a group of residents in the community calling itself Concerned Citizens of Asamang Tamfoe to the Akyem Abuakwa judicial council on November 9, 2022. The group accused the traditional leader of engaging in illegal mining activities, causing the polluting of rivers, degrading farmlands, and threatening the food security and livelihood of smallholder farmers. “People of…