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The grieving families and constituents impacted by the recent mining tragedy in Mpasatia have received the deepest sympathies from Hon. Sakina Oforiwaa, the candidate for District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima Mponua. Two people were killed in the terrible event that took place on April 2, 2025, while others are …

President John Mahama has received a severe threat from Michael Kojo Peprah, president of the Concerned Small Scale Miners Association, demanding that Mr. Martin Ayisi, the CEO of the Minerals Commission, be fired immediately. Peprah asserts that Ayisi’s prolonged tenure in government presents a serious risk to Ghana’s efforts to …

Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, reported that unlicensed miners have destroyed 7,500 football fields’ worth of forest reserves. More than forty-four forest reserves, or thirty hectares, had been destroyed, according to him. As he toured the Offin Shelter Belt at Anwiafutu to witness the forest’s …

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, the forestry commission, and security agencies have begun to crack down on illegal miners who are working in the Offin Shelter Belt Forest Reserve in the Atwima Mponua District of the …

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has given illicit miners working in the region’s forest reserves and water bodies a hard two-week deadline to leave or face harsh legal repercussions. The government is working to stop illegal mining, or galamsey, which has caused extensive environmental damage, including as deforestation, …

On Thursday, October 10, 2024, a combined squad sent by the government to combat the threat forced some illegal miners in the Atiwa East and West Districts to flee. Under the key name Operation Halt 2, the team started clearing out illegal miners who were destroying the water quality in …