Illegal Miners Destroying Roads In Nabdam
Parts of a 7.5-kilometre Gane Asonge-Pelungu Feeder Road in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, are being destroyed by activities of illegal gold miners. The illegal miners, in….
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COCOBOD Anti-illegal Mining Taskforce Apprehends Illegal Miners In Ashanti Region Operation
Over the weekend, the COCOBOD Anti-illegal Mining Taskforce successfully carried out an operation leading to the arrest of two leaders of an illegal mining gang in Atobrakrom, Antoa district, Ashanti….
Bekwai Circuit Court Remands 3 Chinese And 7 Ghanaian Illegal Miners
The Bekwai Circuit Court has remanded three Chinese and seven Ghanaian illegal miners. This was after the Bekwai Forest District of the Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission arrested….
COCOBOD: Illegal Miners Intimidating Farmers To Acquire Cocoa Lands
Illegal miners are using intimidating tactics to acquire lands from farmers for illegal mining, the director in charge of anti-galamsey activities at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Michael Kwarteng has said. Reports are rife that….
Update: 48 Illegal Miners Arrested After Exiting AngloGold Obuasi Mine Shaft
The number of illegal miners who were among the several others trapped in the AngloGold Ashanti Ghana’s Obuasi Mine shaft but have been arrested after exiting has moved from seven to….
Illegal Miners Invade Cocoa Farms At Asante-Bekwai – District Cocoa Officer Laments
The District Cocoa Officer for Bekwai District in the Ashanti Region, Mr Prince Kofi Amaoko says illegal mining activities in the area are hampering the progress of cocoa farming in….
Illegal Miners Allegedly Shoot Private Part Of Lady, Injure Seven Others In Goaso
Some suspected illegal miners have reportedly shot a lady and seven others at Pomaakrom near Goaso in the Ahafo Region The victims, according to a report, were shot when three….
Illegal Miners Destroy 1,000 Hectares Of Farmlands At Ofoase
Illegal miners have taken over close to 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase in the Asante Akyem South municipality, polluting the River Anuru, the only water source in the area…..