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G hana's illegal mining Galamsey kingpin of Chinese nationality, En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, is on the verge of a 24 months imprisonment. Huang who was deported four years ago but sneaked back into the country, is accused of embarking on mining without a license. Aisha was deported in 2018 when the State filed a nolle prosequi (an application to halt a trial) after standing trial over illegal ...
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Aug 9, 2022The Commission found that illegal mining activities occurred in a nearby river, Broma River and its embankments from late 2020 to early 2021 and recently to early June 2022.
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On May 5, 2017, the Ghana Immigration Service in Obuasi raided the illegal site and arrested four Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in illegal mining. The four were - Gao Jin Cheng, Lu Qi Ju, Haibin Gao and Zhang Zhipeng, During the investigation, En Huang a.k.a Aisha Huang's name was mentioned as the owner of the concession.
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Mar 26, 2021Yusif Fuseini -leader of four suspects who claimed to be National Security Operatives providing protection to the Chinese illegal mining site was also arrested to assist in investigation. The...
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Aug 2, 2022(Attached is the police report and the minutes of DISEC meeting held on 5th April, 2020). Copied to the Chief Justice, Judicial Service and many others, the statement went on: "These incidences have emboldened galamseyers rendering the fight against illegal mining activities in the district very difficult and unsuccessful.
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Jun 11, 2022Data from Servir Amazonia, a USAID subsidiary shows that Between 2015 and 2018 galamsey driven-deforestation in Ghana increased from 13,456 hectares to 29, 275 hectares. Also, the total extent of forest degradation in protected forest reserves affected by galamsey stood at about 1058, 000 hectares as of 2018.
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7 days agoThe suspects, Nana Anini Baffour and his brother Kwadwo Affi were arrested following police investigation of a video circulating on social media showing illegal mining activities in some compound houses of the town. Police say the investigation has so far discovered dug-out pits from the compound, leading to the bedroom of the chief's brother.
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Jun 10, 2021Anas Aremeyaw Anas, an investigative journalist of worldwide repute through an undercover investigation indicted a Presidential staffer who coincidentally doubled as the Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining.
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Findings estimate $250 million is required to reclaim lands and water bodies affected by galamsey activities in the Western Region. Ghana is recognised today as the second largest gold producer in Africa. It is the undisputed mining hub of West Africa, and is dominated by two main gold mining sectors: the large scale mining sector (LSM) and ...
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Mar 26, 2021Chinese galamsey Six (6) suspected illegal miners including four (4) Chinese nationals have been arrested by the Ashanti regional Operation Vanguard taskforce. The Chinese nationals arrested are Li Xuh Jun, 51, Mo Chi Cai, 52, Wei Fun Ham, 45, and Wei Ziyun, 38.
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Galamsey is derived from the phrase "gather and sell" which is a local term for illegal small scale gold mining in Ghana (Owusu-Nimo et al, 2018). There are about 3 million people involved in this illegal activity including thousands of Chinese nationals (Mantey et al, 2017).
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during the period of time the ndc was in office, 2009-2016, us$7.48 billion was injected into ghana's mining economy ( ghana chamber of mines, 2016 ), and to take advantage of 'booming' gold production ( fig. 1 ), 9 it passed the mining (amendment) act, 2010 (act 794), which increased the royalty rate from 3 to 5 percent, as well as flirted, in .
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General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has disclosed that he has petitioned the Ghana Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to conduct an investigation into...
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On May 5, this year, the Ghana Immigration Service in Obuasi raided the illegal site and arrested four Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in illegal mining. The four were - Gao Jin...
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"The Ghanaians have claimed that those Chinese are engaged in illegal mining," Yu Jie told the AFP news agency in the capital Accra on Wednesday. A spokesman for Ghana's immigration service said...
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Aug 8, 2022The ongoing mining at the back of the bungalow is affecting her health as the galamsey takes place during day and night depriving her of the needed rest/sleep. Also, the chemicals used in the mining activities and the noise from the area are having impact on her health".
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The extraction of gold in Ghana is thus, an age-old phenomenon which has been carried out by local people using artisanal techniques known in local parlance as 'galamsey'. A key feature of Ghana's gold is that small-scale mining accounts for about 30% of total gold output, employing about 3 million people directly and indirectly. The ...
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Civil Society Organisation, OccupyGhana, has called for an investigation pertaining to the matters regarding the declassification of the Achimota forest reserves. OccupyGhana revealed that it is imperative to equally suspend ... Deputy Lands Minister Assures Appiate Resident of May 1 Resettlement Plans
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Jun 8, 2021The Koforidua Circuit Court "B" presided by Her Honour Mercy Adei Kotei has admitted each of the 32 accused" galamsey operatives" to bail of Ghc350,000 with. ... Some galamsey operatives arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Atewa Forest went berserk on Monday, May 24, 2021, at the premises of Koforidua Circuit Court' B' after the ...
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Oct 23, 2020Before addressing the first question: Should there be a total change of the environmental policy framework other than just the review of the implementation of the current policy framework in the mining industry; there is a need to look at the past of mining in Ghana; its related environmental policies or legislation and enforcement; and other scholars ' suggestions for the application of those ...
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the investigation on ghanas galamsay mining. Ghana: Golden Star Resources Must Be Punished! - allAfrica. Know More. ... 10 Jun 2015, Child labor in Ghana's gold mines violates Ghana's Children's Act, which, To investigate the role of traders, Human Rights Watch conducted, mining and miners are commonly called "galamsey" (stemming from ...
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An anti-galamsey task force deployed by the government under the name "Operation Vanguard" enforces the country's laws against illegal practice of gold mining. While around 100 illegal miners have been arrested as of August 10, 2017, the anti-illegal mining task force is " facing stiff opposition from illegal miners ".
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May 4, 2021In furtherance of the resolutions of the final communiqué of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small Scale Mining, and to ensure that mining within water bodies is immediately stopped; the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has authorized the Ghana Armed Forces, to commence an operation to remove all persons and logistics ...
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"galamsey" refers to the unregistered and unregulated artisanal gold mining in ghana. 15 the unregulated nature of "galamsey" has had marked consequences on environmental resources as miners resort to practices such as the use of chemicals to blast river bodies and cutting down of trees which degrade ghana's vegetative covers as well as water .
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Ghana's total value of gold export in 2019 was around $27 million every day, while the majority of women working in artisanal small-scale gold mining live on just $2 per day, child labour here is mostly free. Small-scale and illegal gold mining plays a significant role in Ghana, contributing around two-thirds of the country's output with about 3 million people forced to live off mining due ...
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The fire outbreak that occurred at the Makola Market in Accra on February 22, 2019, destroyed shops, stalls, and goods worth several thousands of Ghana Cedis. The fire was said to have started ...
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A typical example in Ghana's natural resource sector is the "galamsey" (looting and sharing) trend, encompassing illicit mining where overseas and some small-scale local operators act with ...
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May 17, 2021Xtra-Gold, a Canadian mining firm which has been operating in Ghana since 2006, has the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Women's Organiser, Kate Gyamfua as its Ghana General Manager. The anti-galamsey taskforce on Sunday May 16, raided some mining sites at Larbikrom, Dompem and Pamen, all in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region to rid the ...
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Mar 10, 2021One of the most significant policy challenges in Ghana today revolves around the question of how to address illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey. The topic is politically sensitive in Ghana where the practice accounts for an estimated 60% of the country's total mining labour force and supports millions of livelihoods.
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Is illegal mining socio-politically entrenched? An opinion piece of the interaction between formal politics and chief dominance in mineral governance, and its influence on fighting Galamsey in Ghana
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Jun 10, 2021GHANA: Three illegal miners jailed 45 years, fined GH¢720,000. By Gh Extractives. June 10, 2021. 0. 4. ... where those arrested are currently helping the police in their investigation. ... embarked on an aerial tour of the areas devastated by illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, and it was a sorry sight. ...
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May 24, 2021Monday, May 24, 2021 at 1:11 PM by Mohammed Awal - There have been calls that illegal miners must be punished by firing squad - The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation stated that the government will do what it pleases with seized galamsey equipment - Some excavators have already been destroyed
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Stamping out illegal gold mining. Artisanal gold mining, or galamsey as it is known in Ghana, has been blamed for contaminating water sources in the country. On rivers, dredging vessels called totototo pump gravel from riverbeds to extract gold. The process leads to siltation and the contamination of rivers, as materials such as mercury are used to extract gold from the gravel.
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Apr 8, 2021The action, he said, would go a long way to minimize the illegal small-scale mining, otherwise known as 'galamsey'. The Minister recounted some successes chalked by the Akufo-Addo-led government in its first term towards curbing illegal mining with small-scale such as the training of illegal small-scale miners, introduction of Community Mining ...
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The task force on illegal mining [galamsey], Operation Vanguard, has arrested 18 illegal miners along the Ayanfuri-Bibiani road.. The operation on Thursday and Friday were led by the Commander of ...
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Jun 22, 2022GHS fully vaccinates 294,134 in Bono East Region .out of 835,086 target
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Jun 8, 2021Galamsey Operatives Jubilates In Court As They Get Ghc350k Bail. The Koforidua Circuit Court "B" presided by Her Honour Mercy Adei Kotei has admitted each of the 32 accused" galamsey operatives" to bail of Ghc350,000 with two surety one to be justified. ... Some galamsey operatives arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Atewa ...
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The task force on illegal mining [galamsey], Operation Vanguard, has arrested 18 illegal miners along the Ayanfuri-Bibiani road. The operation on Thursday and Friday were led by the Commander of Operation Vanguard, Col. Michael Amoah Ayisi, with personnel from Ashanti, Central and Eastern Forward Operating Bases (FOB).
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