Tag: Galamsey
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🇬🇭 Abesua Bridge Collapse: Four Arrested as Galamsey Investigation Expands in Ghana
Four people, including two Unit Committee members, have been arrested after illegal mining activities allegedly contributed to the collapse of the River Kukubu bridge in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, cutting off several communities and disrupting schools, farming, trade and healthcare access.
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🇬🇭 Ghana Deploys Military Engineers to Restore Tano Nimri Forest Reserve After Galamsey Damage
Ghana has begun restoring 50 hectares of the Tano Nimri Forest Reserve degraded by illegal mining, bringing together GoldBod, the Ghana Armed Forces and the Forestry Commission in one of the country’s most significant forest-reclamation initiatives.
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🇬🇭 Ghana’s Gold Rush: Who Pays the Price for Mineral Wealth?
Ghana’s Birim Valley sits at the intersection of mineral wealth, livelihoods and environmental pressure. From diamonds to gold, informal and illegal mining — widely known as galamsey — provides income for communities while raising serious concerns about land degradation, water pollution and mineral smuggling. Ghana now faces the challenge of building a formal, traceable and…
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🇬🇭 13 Suspected Illegal Miners Arrested in Osino as NAIMOS Intensifies Galamsey Crackdown
NAIMOS has arrested 13 suspected illegal miners at Osino in Ghana’s Eastern Region and destroyed mining equipment found at the site, in another operation targeting the persistent return of galamsey activities.