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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana, the West African country's military said. Ghana's armed forces said Sunday in a statement on X that around 60 "illegal miners" carrying locally manufactured rifles and other weapons breached the security fences of the Obuasi gold mining site in the Ashanti region on …
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Illegal mining, commonly referred to as "galamsey" in Ghana, involves the extraction of minerals or precious metals without government authorization or licensing. This practice has become widespread in Ghana and other African countries, leading to severe environmental degradation, deforestation, and contributing to climate change.
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This article compares and contrasts the pre-colonial methods of mining with modern artisanal or small-scale mining popularly known in Ghana as galamsey and also provide reasons to explain why ...
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Ghana's informal mining sector, often known as galamsey (illegal small-scale mining), has become both a vital source of work for many Ghanaians and a major environmental and economic concern.
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Illegal mining or 'galamsey' has existed in Ghana since 1992 but its severity has been increasing constantly up till now. As documented by Third World Network (Ghana) in 2007 study about the effect of mining activities on host and surrounding communities, it was clear beyond the negative health impact that mining communities are worst off ...
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Ghana's leading digital news platform, GhanaWeb, in conjunction with the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, is embarking on an aggressive campaign which is geared towards ensuring that parliament ...
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Hundreds of thousands, including many from China, are engaged in illegal artisanal mining. How can the government stop it? At the start of April, Ghana's government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they could either stop their activities or face prosecution. The threat seemed to work. By the …
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The Forestry Commission of Ghana reports that illegal mining has led to the destruction of over 10,000 hectares of forest land in key biodiversity hotspots. Social and Health Consequences. In addition to environmental degradation, Galamsey has severe social and health consequences. The contamination of water sources with mercury and other toxic ...
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This article investigates the profound and escalating crisis caused by illegal small-scale gold mining, locally known as "galamsey," in Ghana.
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The Executive Director of the Centre for Extractives and Development, Osei Bekoe, has revealed that over 3 million people are involved in illegal mining, commonly known …
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Ghana's small-scale mining sector has historically supplied livelihoods to rural people, but a rising number of illegal mining activities has shifted this activity into a more destructive force. Rivers and farmlands in places rich in gold resources, such as Ashanti, Western, and Eastern regions, have suffered as a consequence, with mining ...
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People in Ghana are protesting illegal gold mining, which has poisoned over 60% of the country's bodies of water. If illegal mining continues at the current rate, experts say the entire country ...
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Overview of Illegal Mining in Ghana Ghana is one of Africa's largest gold producers, and the mining sector plays a vital role in the country's economy. In 2021, Ghana produced approximately 117 metric tons of gold, making it the second-largest gold producer in Africa and the eighth-largest in the world.
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Ghana, like most resource-rich countries, is saddled and inundated with resource curse challenges. Key among them is the problem of illegal small-scale gold mining activities (ISSGMAs), which is mercilessly robbing the nation of its ecological integrity, despite attempts by successive governments to …
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The conference, which was held on the theme, "Restoring a Culture of Proper Small-Scale Mining in Ghana," brought together 180 parliamentarians, heads of agencies …
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One of Ghana's biggest challenge; illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey, has steadily worsened over the years, posing a significant threat to the lives and well-being of its citizens.
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A major canker that has inflicted Ghana in recent times, continuing to bite hard and portends a disaster for the future is illegal mining, commonly called 'galamsey' [a corrupted version of ...
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"Galamsey" refers to illegal mining in Ghana. After returning to power in December 2024, President John Mahama has vowed to intensify efforts against this issue. He is already …
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Galamsey, the illegal gold mining in Ghana, emerged in the early 2000s as a response to poverty and unemployment in rural areas, attracting many locals seeking quick wealth through dangerous extraction methods. Initially viewed as a solution to economic hardship, it has led to severe environmental degradation, including deforestation, water ...
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Another creative artiste, Makafui Awuku, has composed a poem, in his quest to help stop illegal mining in Ghana. For the past few weeks, media networks and some organisations have been active in… News
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When hundreds of people took part in an "environmental prayer walk" in Ghana's capital Accra in October, the focus had been on the physical dangers and environmental degradation caused by...
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This paper looks at the developments in the small-scale gold and diamonds mining industry in Ghana and proposes some strategies on how the concepts of sustainable development could be applied to ...
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That the problem of irresponsible mining has become an existential threat to Ghana is no longer in doubt. While the rest of the world deals with climate change, the threat of Ghana's local, man-made nightmare requires a,more …
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Illegal mining, popularly known as 'Galamsey' in Ghana, remains one of the major ongoing investigations being conducted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). The …
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Illegal mining, commonly referred to as "galamsey," has become one of the most pressing environmental crises in Ghana. Its effects on the nation's water bodies, agricultural lands, and ...
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The anti-galamsey task force, Operation Halt, has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining activities, destroying key equipment used for illegal operations on Ghana's river bodies. In their latest move, the task force destroyed 10 Changfans, a pistol, and eight water-pumping machines on the Pra River in the Central Region.
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Galamsey is therefore illegal mining, often resulting in conflict with authorised mines and authorities due to its proximity to their sites. It was not until 1989, that small-scale mining …
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Ghana's rise as a global leader in gold production has fueled a rapid surge in economic activity, urban development, and foreign investment. Yet, beneath a glowing image of progress, the nation is grappling with a darker …
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The ongoing illegal mining activities in Ghana have set loose many pollutants into the environment which are associated with several short- to long-term impacts. While the illegal activities have ...
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Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to the ...
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Accra, 20 November, 2024 / 9:18 pm (ACI Africa). Ghana's Catholic Bishops have continued their September 11 call for synergy in the fight against illegal mining in the country. In a collective statement, they are appealing to the variety of stakeholders in the fight against illegal mining to play their respective roles to end the vice that is commonly referred to as Galamsey.
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It is the undisputed mining hub of West Africa, and is dominated by two main gold mining sectors: the large scale mining sector (LSM) and small-scale or artisanal small-scale mining (SSM/ASM). Within the small-scale gold …
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To reverse the trend in mining communities and help reduce the rate at which people are entering into illegal ASM, the government of Ghana and several large-scale mining companies have launched a number of agrarian-based alternative livelihood projects (Banchirigah, 2008; Hilson and Banchirigah, 2009).
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The study was undertaken in Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana where both cocoa farming and illegal mining operations coexist. The data for the study was collected using ...
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Galamsey, a popular name for small-scale mining in Ghana, is an important livelihood for many rural Ghanaians. Although concerns have been raised in the popular media about the adverse effects of ...
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