3 h. ago Galamsey fight: NAIMOS set to deploy 50 officers to Western Region  

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) is set to deploy the first batch of 50 officers to help intensify the fight against illegal mining (galamsey) activities in the Western Region.

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18 h. ago Galamsey Fight: Court adjourns case of alleged assault on JoyNews crew to April 15, 2026

The Bekwai Circuit Court has adjourned to April 15, 2026, the case involving employees of Edelmetallum Resources Limited, who are standing trial for allegedly assaulting a JoyNews investigative team probing illegal mining activities at Manso Asumenya in the Ashanti Region. The adjournment on Monday, December 8, 2025, follows an appeal filed by the defence at […]

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18 h. ago Galamsey fight: Court adjourns case of assault on JoyNews crew to April 15, 2026

The Bekwai Circuit Court has adjourned to April 15, 2026, the case involving employees of Edelmetallum Resources Limited, who are standing trial for allegedly assaulting a JoyNews investigative team probing illegal mining activities at Manso Asumenya in the Ashanti Region.

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23 h. ago Galamsey fight: NAIMOS intensifies Western North operations with decisive Samreboi swoop

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) deployed a specialised team to Samreboi in the Amenfi West Municipality on December 7, as part of its sustained nationwide offensive against illegal mining.

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59 h. ago NAIMOS Task Force storms Fanteakwa South, dismantles galamsey operations

In the early hours of December 4, 2025, a NAIMOS task force set out from Accra for its usual galamsey fight. Their departure at 0330 hours marked the beginning of a determined push into the Eastern Region, where illegal mining activities had taken deep root. By 0730 hours the team had reached the Fanteakwa South District and immediately began a daylong operation that stretched late into the evening.

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6 d. ago Adopt one national framework to tackle galamsey – Prof Fobih urges stakeholders

Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, has suffered from fragmented and duplicated efforts over the years, resulting in widespread environmental degradation and public health risks.

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6 d. ago Adopt one national framework to tackle galamsey – Prof Fobil urges stakeholders

Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, has suffered from fragmented and duplicated efforts over the years, resulting in widespread environmental degradation and public health risks.

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1 week ago Media must take a stand against galamsey – Erastus Asare Donkor

Investigative journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has called on the Ghanaian media to actively take a stand in the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

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1 week ago We can’t fight galamsey while ‘excavators disappear and reappear like ghosts’ – Erastus Asare Donkor

JoyNews investigative journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has questioned the government’s commitment to ending illegal mining, locally known as galamsey, arguing that the fight cannot succeed as long as excavators used in galamsey operations continue to “disappear and reappear like ghosts.”

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1 week ago Our biggest enemy in galamsey fight is political interference – Erastus Asare Donkor

Investigative journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has delivered a scathing critique of Ghana’s prolonged and largely unsuccessful fight against illegal mining, insisting that political interference—not ignorance or lack of capacity—is the single biggest obstacle crippling the nation’s efforts.

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1 week ago Ghana’s rivers tell the story of our failure in galamsey fight – Erastus Asare Donkor  

Multiple award-winning investigative journalist with the Multimedia Group, Erastus Asare Donkor, has expressed deep concern over the worsening state of Ghana’s river bodies due to illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

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1 week ago AI can help Ghana fight galamsey and reduce road accidents – AI engineer, Intel corporation

An Artificial Intelligence Engineer with Intel Corporation, Dr Daniel Teye Ocansey, says Ghana can significantly strengthen its fight against illegal mining and reduce the country’s rising road accidents by adopting the right AI tools.

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2 w. ago We must bring back burning of excavators – Ghana Institute of Foresters

Vincent Kusi Kyei, National Treasurer of the Ghana Institute of Foresters (GIF), has warned that Ghana can no longer afford half-hearted measures in the fight against galamsey.

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2 w. ago Nana Adjei Kyerema Takes On Atiwa East MP Over ‘Plastic Chair’ Jab at Govt’s Galamsey Fight

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nana-adjei-kyerema-takes-on-atiwa-east-mp-over-plastic-chair-jab-at-govts-galamsey-fight/The 2024 Independent Parliamentary Candidate for Atiwa East Constituency in the Eastern Region, Nana Adjei Kyerema,has responded to the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Atiwa East Constituency in the Eastern Region Hon. Abena Osei-Asare, over her disingenious criticism of the current government’s approach to fighting illegal mining (galamsey). Hon. Osei-Asare, who served in the […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nana-adjei-kyerema-takes-on-atiwa-east-mp-over-plastic-chair-jab-at-govts-galamsey-fight/

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3 w. ago Court adjourns case involving Mustapha Hamid and 9 others to December 9

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has announced that the Criminal Division of the High Court has adjourned the taking of plea in the case involving Mustapha Hamid and nine others, who are facing multiple charges of extortion and money laundering to December 9.

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3 w. ago Empower chiefs, youth with Incentives to win galamsey battle – Centre for Climate Change and Food Security

A leading climate advocacy group is urging the government to ditch its heavy-handed approach to illegal mining and instead empower local communities with a "reward-for-results" system that trades environmental protection for tangible development projects. The Centre for Climate Change and Food Security (CCCFS) argues that the long-running fight against galamsey, often reliant on military taskforces and arrests, has failed because it excludes the very people most affected by the destruction.

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