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One suspect arrested following petition over false Galamsey claims
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One suspect arrested following petition over false Galamsey claims

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested a suspect in connection with a petition calling for an inquiry into alleged false claims related to galamsey activities. The petition, submitted by Mr. Daniel Sasu Omari and two others on behalf of the Ashanti, Eastern, and Western Regional Ministers, requested a full investigation into the matter. Acting on the petition, the CID picked up the suspect, identified as Wendell Nana Yaw Yeboah, to assist with ongoing investigations. According to police sources, the suspect is currently in custody and is expected to be arraigned before court on Thursday, 27th November 2025, as part of the legal processes surrounding the case. Authorities have not yet disclosed further details about the nature of the alleged false claims, but inv...
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IGP Orders CID Headquarters to Probe Attack on NAIMOS Director at Hwidiem — Asutifi North MP Invited for Questioning
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IGP Orders CID Headquarters to Probe Attack on NAIMOS Director at Hwidiem — Asutifi North MP Invited for Questioning

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters to take over investigations into a violent attack on the Director of Operations of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) and his team at Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region. The directive follows an incident that occurred on Saturday, November 1, 2025, when the NAIMOS Director and his team were attacked by a group of thugs after intercepting suspected illegal miners operating near Bronikrom. Preliminary investigations reveal that the team had arrested several suspects and seized key exhibits, including: One (1) Smith & Wesson pistol Two (2) pistol magazines Twenty-one (21) rounds of 9mm ammunition An unregistere...
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Galamsey threatens Ghana’s survival — KAIPTC Commandant calls for urgent national action
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Galamsey threatens Ghana’s survival — KAIPTC Commandant calls for urgent national action

Air Commodore David Anetey Akrong, the Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), has described illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, as an existential threat to Ghana’s survival. He warned that the menace had evolved into a national crisis with grave implications for the country’s environment, economy, and human security. Speaking at the “Reflections on Security Series” seminar held at the KAIPTC in Accra, Air Commodore Akrong said the widespread degradation of forests, pollution of rivers, and destruction of arable lands had placed Ghana’s water security, public health, and sustainable development at serious risk. The seminar, on the theme: “Galamsey as an Existential Threat to Ghana: A Call for Reflection and Action,”...
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Minority Accuses President Mahama of Publicity Gimmick in Galamsey Fight — Says government has only rebranded Akufo-Addo’s initiatives
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Minority Accuses President Mahama of Publicity Gimmick in Galamsey Fight — Says government has only rebranded Akufo-Addo’s initiatives

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has accused President John Dramani Mahama of staging what it describes as a “publicity gimmick” in his recent engagement with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on illegal mining, known locally as galamsey. According to the Caucus, the President’s interaction with selected CSOs was a calculated attempt to downplay the seriousness of the galamsey menace and to mask what it terms as the government’s failed efforts in addressing the environmental destruction caused by illegal mining activities. In a statement issued in Accra, the Minority expressed disappointment that despite the deteriorating state of the country’s water bodies, farmlands and forests, the President continues to insist that his administration is “winning the fight” against galamsey. ...
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Special Anti-Galamsey Task Force impounds two excavators at Dwendwenase Forest Reserve
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Special Anti-Galamsey Task Force impounds two excavators at Dwendwenase Forest Reserve

The Special Anti-Galamsey Task Force has seized two excavators during an operation at the Dwendwenase Forest Reserve in the Ashanti Region. The Task Force, based in Manso Adubia, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police, Bawah Abdul Jalil, undertook the operation after intelligence suggested that some Chinese nationals had invaded the Forest Reserve and engaging in illegal mining “A team of 37 personnel, onboard six service vehicles, proceeded to Dwendwenase, a suburb of Juaso, the capital of the Asante Akim South Municipality,” a police statement said on Sunday. The team tactically entered the targeted area but on seeing the presence of the task force, the suspects fled the scene, abandoning the two excavators. Efforts were made to start and relocate the excavators. Howe...
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Movement for Change Unveils Ten-Point Action Plan to End Galamsey After Tragic Loss of Eight Lives
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Movement for Change Unveils Ten-Point Action Plan to End Galamsey After Tragic Loss of Eight Lives

The Movement for Change has issued a strong call for an immediate and decisive end to illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, following the tragic incident of Wednesday, August 13, 2025, which claimed the lives of eight gallant Ghanaians. In a statement signed by its Director of Communications and Spokesperson, Mr. Solomon Owusu, the Movement described galamsey as an “existential threat” to the nation and urged swift action to address the menace. To this effect, the group has outlined a Ten-Point Action Plan aimed at bringing an end to the destructive practice and restoring Ghana’s degraded lands and water bodies. The proposals include: Immediate Ban on Small-Scale Mining: By Executive Instrument, suspend all artisanal and small-scale mining—whether legal or ille...
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Police arrest 16 suspects for illegal mining at Manso Adubia
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Police arrest 16 suspects for illegal mining at Manso Adubia

The Ghana Police Service has arrested sixteen (16) suspects during an anti-illegal mining operation at Essuminya and Apraprama Forest Reserves in the Ashanti Region. The joint operation, conducted on 19th June 2025, involved personnel drawn from the National Police Headquarters and the Manso Adubia District. The team embarked on the operation to clamp down on illegal mining activities within the forest reserves. During the operation, sixteen suspects were arrested while actively engaging in illegal mining activities. The suspects are, Kwesi Frimpong (52), Samuel Okyere (44), Jackson Nana Boafo (32), Saddick Abubakar (44), Collins Asare (35), Joshua Ofori (25), Emmanuel Akwesi (42), Augustine Mensah (38), Stephen Amoako (25), Vincent Ofori (30), Andrews Oppong (31), Nyaba Aton...
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Police act against galamsey, destroy 120 changfang machines 
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Police act against galamsey, destroy 120 changfang machines 

The Western Central Regional Police Command has disabled 120 changfang machines used for illegal mining at Wassa Gyapa in the Western Region.   The operation, conducted on May 19, 2025, also led to the arrest of 13 suspects.   A press release copied to the Ghana News Agency said the action was part of sustained anti-galamsey operations in the region.   The suspects were named as Nana Ampadu, Stephen Tetteh, Yaw Dalame, Samuel Amoah, Kwame Oppong, Francis Oduom, Owusu Asare, Atta Kwame, Apiyanga Emmanuel, Kojo Montanakito, Maxwell Owusu, Obofo Vincent, and Soogal Fataw.   "Six motorbikes were retrieved from the site in addition to over one hundred and twenty (120) changfang machines that were disabled," the statement added.   The suspec...
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Police Update on fight against illegal mining: 99 Excavators retrieved, 208 suspects arrested
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Police Update on fight against illegal mining: 99 Excavators retrieved, 208 suspects arrested

The Ghana Police Service has intensified its nationwide crackdown on illegal mining (galamsey) operations. From March 2025 to date, the Service has conducted a series of targeted operations in communities affected by illegal mining activities. So far, 208 suspects have been arrested, including eight (8) Chinese nationals. In the course of these operations, police have retrieved eighty-five (85) excavators and three (3) bulldozers believed to have been used in the illegal mining operations. Notable among the efforts is a special anti-galamsey operation in the Western Region, particularly at Samreboi, along the Tano River, Wassa Dunkwa, Tigarikrom, and surrounding communities. During these operations, fifty-eight (58) suspects — fifty (50) Ghanaians and eight (8) Chinese nationals — we...
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May Day: Mahama reiterates Government’s commitment to combating galamsey menace
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May Day: Mahama reiterates Government’s commitment to combating galamsey menace

President John Dramani Mahama, Thursday reiterated the Government’s commitment to combating the menace of illegal mining (galamsey). He said the fight against galamsey was a complex one and that when he was vying for the Presidency, he did not indicate that he would win that fight against galamsey in four months. “Yet we will not give up. Our gallant men of the Armed Forces and security services are up to the fight,” President Mahama stated in his address to Ghanaian workers at the National May Day Parade at the Blackstar Square in Accra. “And we will continue to score successes against the selfish companies and individuals, who are destroying our forest and polluting our water bodies. As far as the fight against galamsey is concerned, I say aluta continua.” Touching on some ma...
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