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Galamsey is economic sabotage against Ghana’s future — Church of Pentecost

Business Ghana 23 Apr 2026
Felix Klutse, has described illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, as a grave threat to Ghana’s future, warning that its impact extends beyond environmental destruction to the country’s long-term development and survival.
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Cut fuel to illegal miners now – Ghana Coalition against Galamsey petitions NPA

Business Ghana 23 Apr 2026
The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) is demanding immediate regulatory action from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to cut off fuel supply to illegal mining operations across the country.
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Low pay driving tanker drivers into galamsey — NPA

Business Ghana 23 Apr 2026
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has raised alarm over a growing trend of tanker drivers and their assistants abandoning the petroleum haulage sector for illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey ... Mr ... .
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Galamsey fight failing

B & FT Online 07 Apr 2026
The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) has warned that the country’s fight against illegal mining (galamsey) is failing, with forest degradation worsening despite earlier government interventions.
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High Court Bans Atiwa East DCE Ernest Ntim Over Alleged Galamsey Activities

Modern Ghana 02 Apr 2026
... from engaging in any form of galamsey within the district.
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Academic City’s Tech Expo showcases innovative technologies to tackle galamsey

B & FT Online 31 Mar 2026
Ezekiel Kpodo, President of the Academic City Robotics Club, said the event was organised to give students a platform to support the fight against galamsey by presenting technological solutions to address the problem.
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Galamsey cannot be completely stopped in Ghana – Tatale-Sanguli MP

Business Ghana 19 Mar 2026
“What is galamsey at all? Galamsey is illegal mining. So if I go to my farm and there is gold there and I decide to I mean mine my gold, that is illegal, that is galamsey ... “But for galamsey, you cannot stop galamsey in Ghana.
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I was poisoned due to my galamsey fight — Hannah Bissiw

Modern Ghana 12 Mar 2026
The Administrator for the Minerals Development Fund and National Women rsquo;s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hannah Louisa Bissiw, has disclosed that she was poisoned while combating illegal mining activities in Ghana ... .
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NPP lost momentum in galamsey fight in second term — Kwadwo Poku

Business Ghana 10 Mar 2026
According to him, the suspension of small-scale mining for about 20 months during the early phase of the anti-galamsey campaign triggered political backlash in several mining communities, many of which had previously supported the NPP.
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Reflections by S.M.A: Beyond pronouncements: Confronting the galamsey kingpins

B & FT Online 09 Mar 2026
In his recent State of the Nation Address, the President reaffirmed the government’s resolve to end the scourge of illegal mining — popularly known as “galamsey” — that has ravaged Ghana’s forests, rivers and farmlands ... Galamsey is far from new.
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Without government interventions, illegal mining will fester: Inside Ghana’s anti-galamsey drive: How the Minerals Commission is turning manpower into enforcement muscle

B & FT Online 09 Mar 2026
For years, successive administrations announced taskforces and emergency operations to tackle galamsey ... He said government would intensify similar efforts nationwide as part of the broader fight against galamsey.
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Editorial: Fugu, not galamsey?

B & FT Online 11 Feb 2026
There was something quietly heartwarming about the recent sight of parliamentarians, commentators, public figures and fellow Ghanaians, brothers and sisters, turning up in fugu ... Enforcement waxes and wanes ... is galamsey simply not ‘viral’ enough? ... 1 ... ....
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Galamsey will continue to be confronted decisively and without fear or favor — Mahama

Modern Ghana 30 Jan 2026
... in the fight against illegal mining, known locally as galamsey.
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