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Ashigbey demands EOCO enforce the Attorney-General’s directive on Yamin and Abanga while urging impartial justice in Ghana’s galamsey fight

Senyo Hosi warns Ghana against sacrificing its water, forests, and people for the short-term profits of illegal mining.

The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey urges the urgent prosecution of Akonta Mining and complicit officials over illegal mining in protected areas

Forestry Commission arrests illegal miners in Tano Anwia Forest, seizing excavators and handing suspects over to police for investigation and prosecution

A Ghanaian MP criticizes the GMA’s strike, accusing the association of worsening the health risks already posed by the galamsey crisis, and urges for immediate resolution

Ghanaian chiefs, led by Dormaahene, give the government a one-month deadline to stop galamsey or face the reclamation of their lands

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II vows to remove any chiefs involved with land guards, emphasizing traditional dispute resolution in Asanteman.

Former President John Mahama reveals plans to use Artificial Intelligence to address illegal mining in Ghana, promising enhanced monitoring and environmental protection.