Tag: Illegal mining
23 dead, including 11 children, after falling into abandoned galamsey pits – Ashanti Regional Minister
At least 23 people, including 11 children, have died after falling into abandoned illegal mining pits in the Ashanti Region,…
Over 4,000 excavators seized at ports as government crackdown on illegal mining
The government has impounded more than 4,000 excavators at the ports as part of a stringent initiative to curb the…
Three dead after illegal mining pit collapses in Ashanti Region
Three people, including two women, have died after an illegal mining pit collapsed on them at Odumase-Santenso in the Asante…
15 arrested in Obuasi after viral video exposes illegal mining near School
Fifteen suspected illegal miners, including an alleged ringleader, have been arrested following a joint security operation at an illicit mining…
NPP leadership holds emergency meeting over Wontumi’s 20-year jail sentence
The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has convened an emergency meeting to review the court judgement that sentenced…
High Court sentences Chairman Wontumi to 20 years in prison for illegal mining
The Accra High Court has sentenced Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), popularly known…