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27 Mar

Illegal Miners Destroying Roads In Nabdam

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Parts of a 7.5-kilometre Gane Asonge-Pelungu Feeder Road in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, are being destroyed by activities of illegal gold miners. The illegal miners, in their hunt for gold, are collecting the surface gravel of the road, leaving it bare and slippery, exposing the road to erosion during the rainy season. It is also exposing road users such as drivers and riders to accidents, particularly at night. The road is one the major roads linking Bolgatanga, the capital of the region and other major places such as the Pelungu Market, the biggest market in the…

05 Mar

COCOBOD Anti-illegal Mining Taskforce Apprehends Illegal Miners In Ashanti Region Operation

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Over the weekend, the COCOBOD Anti-illegal Mining Taskforce successfully carried out an operation leading to the arrest of two leaders of an illegal mining gang in Atobrakrom, Antoa district, Ashanti Region. The crackdown also resulted in the confiscation of excavators and other mining equipment. According to Starrfm.com.gh, the operation was prompted by a tip-off highlighting illegal mining activities causing harm to cocoa farms in the area. Responding promptly, the taskforce took swift action to apprehend the offenders, who have subsequently been granted police enquiry bail. Prof. Michael Kwateng, Head of the Anti-illegal Mining Desk at COCOBOD, stressed the significance of…

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…

30 Nov

COCOBOD: Illegal Miners Intimidating Farmers To Acquire Cocoa Lands

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Illegal miners are using intimidating tactics to acquire lands from farmers for illegal mining, the director in charge of anti-galamsey activities at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Michael Kwarteng has said. Reports are rife that some farmers in mining areas are rather selling their arable lands to illegal miners interested in exploring it for gold to earn more. However speaking on Accra-based Asaase Radio Kwarteng said COCOBOD has stepped in to address the menace, adding that a culprit has since been imprisoned. “There are other factors behind these, most of the illegal miners go and intimidate these farmers using various means to get the land…

31 May

Update: 48 Illegal Miners Arrested After Exiting AngloGold Obuasi Mine Shaft

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The number of illegal miners who were among the several others trapped in the AngloGold Ashanti Ghana’s Obuasi Mine shaft but have been arrested after exiting has moved from seven to forty-eight. Earlier the mining company announced in a statement that seven were in the custody of the Ghana Police Service. The company explained that unauthorized persons underground are able to exit on foot, via the existing ramp, through the main access of this mining area. No person underground has been confined in any way and the main exit ramp from the mine remains open. Obuasi Gold Mine’s management team has…

31 May

Illegal Miners Invade Cocoa Farms At Asante-Bekwai – District Cocoa Officer Laments

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The District Cocoa Officer for Bekwai District in the Ashanti Region, Mr Prince Kofi Amaoko says illegal mining activities in the area are hampering the progress of cocoa farming in the area. Mr Amoako who has expressed doubt in the future of cocoa farming in the country due to the uncontrolled felling of cocoa trees by illegal miners has called for immediate action to protect cocoa farms the galamseyers. The District Cocoa Officer said this during an event to educate cocoa farmers dubbed “Cocoa Rally “, at Pampaso community on Tuesday,, May 30,2023. Speaking to Nancy Boamaah, a student of…

16 May

Illegal Miners Allegedly Shoot Private Part Of Lady, Injure Seven Others In Goaso

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Some suspected illegal miners have reportedly shot a lady and seven others at Pomaakrom near Goaso in the Ahafo Region The victims, according to a report, were shot when three men who are yet to be identified went on a rampage and attacked community members with a pump action gun on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Speaking to OTEC News' Jacob Agyenim Boateng, brother of one of the shooting victims, (name withheld) said the suspects have been protecting some Chinese nationals who are mining in the area. "These boys have been given pump action guns by the Chinese nationals and have…

20 Feb

Illegal Miners Destroy 1,000 Hectares Of Farmlands At Ofoase

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Illegal miners have taken over close to 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase in the Asante Akyem South municipality, polluting the River Anuru, the only water source in the area. The communities along this water body rely heavily on it to irrigate their farmlands and cocoa plantations. However, due to the pollution of the River Anuru, farmers have to find an alternative source to irrigate their crops. Speaking to JoyNews’ Erastus Asare Donkor, a farmer complained bitterly about the galamsey activities on their livelihoods. “Our ancestors have been farming for years and the River Anuru was their water source. But…