23 die in Galamsey pit drownings in Ashanti as NADMO calls for rescue support
The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Alhaji Nasir Mohammed Ibrahim, has raised alarm over the ...
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Galamsey has destroyed over 2,000 acres of Forest around Lake Bosomtwe
Illegal mining activities have degraded more than 2,000 acres of forest around the Lake Bosomtwe area over the past six ...
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Wontumi’s fate nears as Court orders him to put his next Witness in Box on May 28 or consider his case closed
The fate of Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, nears ...
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Corruption, cultural dynamics, and ineffective crisis communication hindering Ghana’s fight against Galamsey – Study
A new academic study has concluded that Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, continues to falter due ...
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Wontumi’s trial over galamsey in Tano Nimiri Forest begins as fmr GM of Akonta Mining mounts Witness box
The trial of Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi over ...
Read moreDetailsCourt of Appeal rejects Wontumi bid to halt Samreboi mining trial
A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a repeat application from Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ...
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Wontumi attempts to halt trial over Samreboi galamsey charges dismissed
An attempt by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, ...
Read moreDetailsWontumi files motion to halt Samreboi trial but Court abridges time to hear motion on April 2 instead of April 16
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has filed an application ...
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Mahama: I won’t pretend, our own people are not involved in galamsey
President John Dramani Mahama has acknowledged that illegal mining, widely known as galamsey, involves individuals across political and traditional structures, ...
Read moreDetailsCourt dismisses Wontumi’s submission of no case, orders him to answer to galamsey on Samreboi concession
The High Court in Accra has ordered Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known ...
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