The Galamsey Mess: An Environmental Catastrophe While the economic crisis has dominated headlines, the galamsey menace has quietly wreaked havoc on Ghana’s environment.

The issue of illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey, has long plagued Ghana, causing severe environmental ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the government of failing to curb illegal mining, claiming that the practice popularly known ...

To contain the prevailing High-Tech Galamsey (HTG) immediately, as an illegality, or contain it gradually has become an obvious dilemma for Ghana. Containing the HTG operations immediately is the ...

Ghana's western region is a hotbed for illegal gold mining, known as galamsey. It's destroying the country's forest reserves and polluting rivers that locals use for drinking water. The BBC has ...

and Ghana Water Company Limited; and also extensively engage community members. In such engagements, the government must solicit advice on the form the galamsey fight should take. For instance ...

The recent heated debate in Ghana rsquo;s Parliament over Legislative Instrument (L . I . ) 2462, which seeks to repeal the ...

Despite the worsening illegal mining (galamsey) crisis under his watch ... have also acquired concessions overlapping rivers. Satellite imagery shows extensive ecological damage in these areas.