A galamseyer, an illegal gold panner, clears mud and sand by hand as he works on a gold field in Kibi, eastern Ghana [File: Cristina Aldehuela/AFP] Galamsey has been in practice for many years ...

Yet, the encroachment of galamsey on cocoa farms has brought the industry to its knees. Cocoa production has plummeted to its lowest levels in over two decades, with Ghana failing to meet ...

Some researchers of the University of Ghana have launched the findings of an anti-galamsey project, which identifies advocacy and collaboration as the most needed ‘tools’ to solve the menace of ...

The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) has sounded the alarm on the worsening effects of illegal mining, or galamsey, and called for decisive action from the government to combat the menace ...

Legal Practitioner and host of Joy FM’s news analysis programme, Newsfile, Sampson Lardy Anyenini, has urged the Mahama administration to adopt the anti-galamsey ... the Bank of Ghana’s ...

Ghana's western region is a hotbed for illegal gold mining, known as galamsey. It's destroying the country's forest reserves and polluting rivers that locals use for drinking water. The BBC has ...

Martin Ayisi remains in office Legal and policy analyst, Kofi Bentil has cautioned President John Mahama, against underestimating the fight against illegal small-scale mining (galamsey), stressing the ...

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The Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL) is likely to shut down one of its factories due to serious encroachment on their plantation by illegal mining activities.“Should the decision be implemented due ...