The Minister for Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has announced a major government initiative to dredge rivers heavily silted by illegal mining activities, commonly known as *galamsey*. The ...

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A Rocha Ghana's Deputy National Director, Daryl Bosu, said that previous governments have been caught in a "vicious cycle" – taking one step forward and two steps back in the fight against galamsey.

He added, “If we fail to act now, we risk losing our rivers, forests, and agricultural lands forever.” “We need to come together and fight against illegal mining. Galamsey does not know NPP ...

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Many a Ghanaian had hoped that the coming into office of the Mahama administration would mark cusp for illegal mining activities to be brought considerably down if not halted across the country.

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It is threatening our environment and accelerating us towards the brink of extinction,” the Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey, the local term for ... Turbidity levels in several rivers now range ...

Mr Nelson warned that Ghana's food security was under serious threat, likely due to the devastating impact of galamsey on our water bodies and arable lands Again, he indicated that there was much ...

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Satellite imagery shows how a rainy month has impacted parts ... shows the difference between southwest Queensland on March 4 and the same area on April 7. “Rivers in southwest Queensland, Australia, ...