Two persons at separate times, have lost their lives in galamsey pits at Karlo in the Suaman district of the Western North Region.Mr Eric Armah, assembly member for Karlo electoral area told the GNA ...

Three children have drowned in abandoned illegal mining pit in the Denkyembuor and Fanteakwa South Districts of the Eastern ...

My heart bleeds for Ghana . It bleeds for the rivers that once ran clear, now choked with mud and toxic chemicals .

The exposed galamsey pits, which are often left uncovered after mining operations, have long posed a significant safety risk to nearby communities, with many children living near these sites ...

“The land is unusable now,” said Frimpong, who recalled nearly coming to blows with the men who took his land for “galamsey”, the local term for the practice of illegal gold minin ...

Illegal mining, or galamsey, continues to wreak havoc on Ghana’s protected forest reserves, with the Subri Forest in the ...

He noted that illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, was not just an environmental concern, but a criminal act that undermined national efforts towards sustainable development and ...

He said illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey activities, had become a major threat to public health due to the use of dangerous chemicals such as mercury and cyanide in mining processes, adding ...

President John Dramani Mahama has instructed the anti-galamsey task force not to burn but rather confiscate excavators used in illegal mining (galamsey) within the nation’s forest reserves. The ...

DURING his campaign last year for the country's presidency, Mr John Dramani Mahama promised to fight illegal mining, otherwise known as galamsey, in the country. At the time he was saying this ...