Tag: Illegal miners
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NPP’s PC for Amenfi East arrested for inciting attacks on security personnel
The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Amenfi East Constituency, Mr. Ernest Frimpong, has presented himself at the Regional Police Station in...
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Illegal miners butcher military officer at Wassa Akyempim
A group of illegal miners at a galamsey site at Wassa Akyempim in the Western Region have left a military officer battling for his...
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Leave immediately! – Upper East REGSEC orders illegal miners
The Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has directed illegal miners occupying sections of land in the border community of Sapelliga to remove their...
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Ghana’s boundary line with Burkina Faso under threat due to illegal miners – REGSEC
In the border community of Sapelliga in the Upper East Region, a thriving illegal mining industry operates, with numerous young people engaging in mining...
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Watch how illegal miners attempted to bury suspected thief alive
A video circulating on the internet depicts an illegal mining site where illegal miners resorted to extreme measures by digging a pit in an...
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Upper East: One dead in clash between REGSEC and illegal miners at Gbane
Tensions flared in the Gbane community of the Talensi district in the Upper East Region as illegal miners vehemently opposed efforts by the Upper...
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Clash between Asanko Mines Security and illegal miners leaves 3 dead
Violent clashes between illegal miners and private security at Asanko Mines in Manso Tontokrom, Ashanti Region, have resulted in three confirmed deaths.The clash...
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Several farmlands in Aboabo community destroyed by illegal miners
Illegal miners have cleared vegetation spanning over forty acres of land in the Anwhiaso-Bibiani Municipality of the Western-North Region.This extensive area, equivalent to...
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Be bold in kicking out illegal miners from your jurisdiction – Mampong paramount chief urges colleagues
Daasebere Osei Bonsu II, the Paramount Chief of Mampong, has encouraged his fellow paramount chiefs in the Ashanti region to unite in combatting illegal...
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Largest ‘gold’ nugget discovered by galamseyers in Ghana (Video)
A viral video circulating on social media depicts a group of seven unlicensed miners in Southern Ghana who claim to have unearthed what is...