35 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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4 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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4 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 Galamsey: Licensing system is a complex maze encouraging illegality – Erastus Asare Donkor

JoyNews investigative journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has urged the government and regulatory agencies to overhaul Ghana’s mining licensing regime and adopt a more humane approach to combating illegal mining, locally known as galamsey.

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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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1 week 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 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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4 w. ago The State has not lost galamsey fight, give NAIMOS time to win battle – Dzimega

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communications team, Theophilus Dzimegah Jnr, says the State has not lost the fight against illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey.

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4 w. ago Forestry Commission CEO Describes Galamsey Fight as Life Threatening

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/forestry-commission-ceo-describes-galamsey-fight-as-life-threatening/The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana’s Forestry Commission, Dr Hugh C A Brown, has described the fight against illegal mining as a scary and life threatening mission for officers protecting the country’s forest reserves. He has called for stronger government and security support to safeguard natural resources from increasingly armed groups operating in protected […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/forestry-commission-ceo-describes-galamsey-fight-as-life-threatening/

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4 w. ago Galamsey: Politicians involvement reason we haven’t won the fight – CDD

Programmes Officer at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Vera Abena Addo, has attributed the struggle against illegal mining, locally known as galamsey, to political interference.

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4 w. ago GJA urges Mahama to make bold, irreversible statement on galamsey

President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has called on President John Mahama to take a firm and irreversible stance on the fight against illegal mining, widely known as galamsey.

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4 w. ago GJA demands police briefing on attacks against journalists and anti

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called on the Ghana Police Service to update the nation on ongoing investigations into recent attacks on journalists and officials engaged in the fight against illegal small-scale mining, known locally as galamsey.

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4 w. ago 29th GJA Media Awards: Dwumfour urges Otumfuo to use his influence to fight galamsey

President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has called on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to leverage his moral authority and influence to support the national campaign against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

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4 w. ago NAIMOS attack: We need some brutal ruthlessness to fight galamsey – Senyo Hosi

Convener of the One Ghana Movement and trustee of the Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey, Senyo Hosi, has urged the government to adopt a tougher, more ruthless approach to end illegal mining (galamsey), following a violent clash between residents and National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) officers.

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4 w. ago Galamsey defeated NDC before they started the fight, stop the theatrics – Miracles Aboagye

The Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has taken a swipe at the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) over what he describes as its failed approach to tackling illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

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