Galamsey

Redeploy Military To Support Galamsey Fight In Forest Reserves — Forestry Commission
10 Jan

Redeploy Military To Support Galamsey Fight In Forest Reserves — Forestry Commission

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The Forestry Commission has called for the immediate redeployment of the military to help halt illegal mining and other destructive activities in forest reserves across the country. The commission said the withdrawal of the military from the fight against galamsey in forest reserves since 2022 had emboldened illegal miners to wreak havoc on forest reserves with impunity. The Executive Director of the Forestry Services Division (FSD) of the commission, Hugh Brown, who made the call, said although the internal forest guards had done their best to protect the forest reserves from destruction by illegal miners and loggers, they were constrained…
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Bekwai Circuit Court Remands 3 Chinese And 7 Ghanaian Illegal Miners
11 Dec

Bekwai Circuit Court Remands 3 Chinese And 7 Ghanaian Illegal Miners

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The Bekwai Circuit Court has remanded three Chinese and seven Ghanaian illegal miners. This was after the Bekwai Forest District of the Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission arrested the illegal miners, made up of seven Ghanaians and three Chinese. The illegal miners were operating in seven compartments in the Oda River Forest Reserve. The three-day exercise was undertaken by the district as part of the ongoing efforts by the Forestry Commission to clamp down on illegal mining in Forest Reserves across the country. The operation was carried out by staff of the Bekwai Forest District and the Rapid…
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Govt Won’t Relent Until All Persons Engaged In Galamsey Are Prosecuted – Deputy AG
05 Dec

Govt Won’t Relent Until All Persons Engaged In Galamsey Are Prosecuted – Deputy AG

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The government has expressed its readiness and commitment to ensure that all persons engaged in illegal mining activities across the country are arrested and prosecuted accordingly. Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Alfred Tuah-Yeboah says the government will not relent in its fight against galamsey on all fronts. Speaking to Citi News after galamsey queen Aiyhsa Hang was jailed for four years and six months on Monday, December 4, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah said it is only a matter of time before all persons involved in galamsey are arrested and prosecuted. “We have been able to successfully prosecute her [Aiyhsa Hang], and she is…
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Man, 40, Allegedly Shot Dead At Galamsey Site At Nsuaem
04 Dec

Man, 40, Allegedly Shot Dead At Galamsey Site At Nsuaem

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Kofi Yeboah, a 40-year-old, also known as Ogaame, has been fatally shot at a galamsey site in Nsuaem no 2, located in the Bosome Freho district of Ashanti. According sources, the police is yet to apprehend the suspect linked to the murder. Yaa Kwantemaa, also known as Nana Ohemaa, the wife of the deceased, in an interview with Adom News revealed that, on the day of the incident, her husband returned home but later went back to the site. When she tried to contact him and received no response, a lady informed her that her husband had been shot and…
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One Arrested Over Shooting Of Anti-Galamsey Taskforce Commander
23 Oct

One Arrested Over Shooting Of Anti-Galamsey Taskforce Commander

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One more person has been arrested and is in custody at the Kibi Divisional Police Command in the Eastern Region following the shooting of Major Patrick Don-Chebe, the Commanding Officer in charge of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners Taskforce. Major Patrick Don-Chebe was shot at close range, allegedly by one Danso, a community youth leader, and a miner at a mining site between Asamang Tamfoe and Ankaase last Wednesday. Don-Chebe, who was sent to the Kibi government hospital for treatment, was later rushed to the 37 Military Hospital to be operated on. The General Secretary of the…
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How Blood Of Babies Are Sold At Hospitals To Help Galamseyers Attract More Gold
14 Aug

How Blood Of Babies Are Sold At Hospitals To Help Galamseyers Attract More Gold

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It has emerged that some persons involved in the illegal mining business, popularly known as Galamsey in Ghana make several blood sacrifices before mining the precious resource. In an explosive interview on Angel Morning Show on Wednesday, the ex-galamseyer revealed that his colleagues make blood sacrifices to ensure that they get the needed yield from a galamsey pit. New born babies, he added, are mostly the target of these galamseyers. “They are pounded in empty cylinder cans and sprinkled in the pits as part of our blood sacrifices so we can get enough gold to mine…,” he revealed. Interestingly, these…
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I Have Never Been Engaged In Galamsey – Aisha Huang Tells Court
11 Jul

I Have Never Been Engaged In Galamsey – Aisha Huang Tells Court

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Aisha Huang, the infamous Chinese galamsey kingpin standing trial over her alleged activities in the illegal mining sector of Ghana, has told a court in Accra that never has she or any of her business concerns been engaged in galamsey. She explained this in the opening of her defense in the case brought against her by the State on Monday, July 10, 2023. En Huang popularly referred to as Aisha Huang, submitted her witness statement to court denying ever being into galamsey and explaining her relationship with four other accused persons. With respect to the galamsey charge, she told the…
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Operation Halt II Team Arrests Six Chinese, One Ghanaian For Galamsey In Ashanti Region
26 Jun

Operation Halt II Team Arrests Six Chinese, One Ghanaian For Galamsey In Ashanti Region

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The Operation Halt II team has arrested six Chinese and one Ghanaian for engaging in galamsey activities in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. The suspects are said to have caused significant damage to some water bodies including River Offin. According to a 3news.com report, about 30 excavators have been seized from the galamsey sites at Amansie Central, Amansie South, Bekwai Municipal and Bosome Freho District by the Operation Halt II team. The Deputy Commander of the Operation Halt II team, Lt. Col. Louis Boakye disclosed that offenders arrested were found mining in Bosomtwe Range Forest and unapproved…
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We’ll Fight ‘Galamseyers’ With Bulletproof Vest And Weapons – Abu Jinapor
25 May

We’ll Fight ‘Galamseyers’ With Bulletproof Vest And Weapons – Abu Jinapor

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The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has announced that the government will provide the necessary equipment to the staff of the Forestry Commission to combat illegal mining in forest reserves. Mr. Jinapor stated that bulletproof vests and weapons will be provided to fight illegal miners, commonly known as ‘galamseyers,’ who have been causing destruction to water bodies. While speaking at the commissioning of an office complex for the Forestry Commission in the Eastern Region, Abu Jinapor emphasized the need to protect the Atiwa forest and other forests, as well as combat activities that threaten the survival…
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Galamsey Allegation: Ken Agyapong Files Appeal Against Baako; Relies On Frimpong-Boateng’s Report
09 May

Galamsey Allegation: Ken Agyapong Files Appeal Against Baako; Relies On Frimpong-Boateng’s Report

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Assin Central Lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong has filed an appeal against Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako in a defamation suit that the latter earlier won against the former. The application for an appeal dated 5th May 2023, said “Among the primary issue in contention on this appeal is a commentary made by the applicant [Kennedy Agyapong] about the respondent’s [Kwaku Baako] involvement in galamsey activities by intervening on behalf of a company called C&G Aleska. “The said intervention had to do with the defendant [Kennedy Agyapong] calling on the Minister for Environment Science, Technology and Innovation who was…
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