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“We’re Beyond Declarations”: Analyst Criticizes Mahama’s Galamsey Emergency Statement, Demands Action

Environment and Social Development Analyst Paa Kwesi Eduaful Abaidoo has cautioned President John Mahama against relying solely on public declarations to…

Jul 17, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

Politics

33 Excavators Missing Under Police Watch After Anti-Galamsey Operation – Hannah Bissiw

The Administrator of the Minerals Development Fund (MDF), Dr. Hannah Louisa Bissiw-Kotei, has sounded the alarm over the mysterious disappearance of 33…

Jul 2, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

Politics

Minority in Parliament Warns Government Policies Are Crippling Ghana’s Mining Sector

The Minority in Parliament has criticised of government’s recent actions in the mining sector, warning that a series of new policies and decisions are…

Apr 22, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

Politics

Fulfil Promise of Declaring State of Emergency in Galamsey-Hit Districts - Abu Jinapor to Mahama

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Damongo, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has challenged the National Democratic Congress (NDC)…

Apr 17, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

Politics

Napo Blasts President Mahama’s First 100 Days: “Talk Is Cheap”

Former Member of Parliament for Manhyia South and 2024 NPP running mate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as Napo, has criticised President John…

Apr 17, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

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Oliver Barker Vormawor Blasts Mahama's Govt Over Failure to Repeal Forest Mining Law

Convener of the Fix The Country Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has taken a swipe at the Mahama-led administration for what he describes as a betrayal of its…

Apr 14, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

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Government Deliberately Failing to Tackle Galamsey – A Rocha Ghana Alleges

Deputy Director of environmental advocacy group A Rocha Ghana, Daryl Bosu, has accused the government of willfully neglecting the fight against illegal mining,…

Apr 11, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

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Repeal LI 2462 to Save Ghana’s Forests – Ashigbey Urges Government

Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, Convener of the Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey, has renewed calls for the full repeal of Legislative Instrument (LI) 2462, warning that…

Apr 8, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

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UTAG Calls on Mahama Administration to Repeal, Not Amend, Forest Mining Law

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has urged the John Dramani Mahama-led administration to stay true to its campaign promise and repeal the…

Apr 7, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

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Galamsey Crackdown Sparks Tensions As NDC Officials Resist Arrest

A government advisory team’s mission to assess and curb illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana’s Western and Central regions was met with strong resistance as they…

Mar 5, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

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Illegal Miners Invade Breman-Adomanya Forest, Attack Journalist

A 261-acre stretch of the Breman-Adomanya forest in the Wassa Amenfi West District of the Western Region has become the latest casualty of illegal gold mining,…

Feb 24, 2025 · Kelvin Yiadom

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UTAG to suspend nationwide strike October 29.

The UTAG Strike Suspension has been officially announced by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), effective Tuesday, 29 October 2024. The…

Oct 25, 2024 · Kelvin Yiadom

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