illegal mining at amansie

Jan 27, · Ghana Army Chiefs Make Nonsense Of Gov't Fight Against Illegal Mining. Major Gen. T Oppong-Peprah, Brigadier General JK Aphour and E Donald Entsuah. The Herald's investigation into the mining activities in Tontokrom, has revealed that Ghana's Army and some of its top bosses, are protecting an illegal mining site which had come to the attention of Inter-Ministerial Committee on Galamsey in , then led by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng.

Two illegal miners died on Monday after a pit in which they were hunting for gold caved in at a small scale mining site at Manso Tontokrom in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti region. The two were part of hundreds of young men and women who have taken over the small scale mining []

Illegal miners have destroyed large swathes of cocoa farms in Bepotenten and Gyamang, two farming communities in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region. The level of devastation has resulted in some residents abandoning their farming activities and relocating their families to other communities to prevent them from falling into the

2021. 1. 21. · JOY NEWS: Congrats for exposing “rogue soldiers” operating in the Amansie South District, but I doubt that the GHANA ARMY was helping Chinese involved in illegal mining. I am a Citizen. I congratulate JOY NEWS for exposing “rogue soldiers” and their collaborators operating in mining areas in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region.

Environmental damage done to parts of Amansie West, one of twenty-seven districts in the Ashanti Region by illegal miners.

Powerful people with military protection are those behind the resurgence of illegal mining in Ghana's forests, the Bekwai District Manager of the Forestry Commission, Mr Rexford Twum-Damoah, has revealed to journalists. The Bekwai forest reserve in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region is one of the areas bearing the brunt of the return of galamsey as some seven hectares

Three persons have been remanded in police custody for alleged illegal mining operations within the Apampram forest reserve in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti region. The three have been arraigned before the Bekwai circuit court for conspiracy to mine without license and mining

Despite the ban on illegal mining, the Amansie South District of the Ashanti region is becoming notorious for the nefarious illegal mining activities. It may be recalled that, in January , mynewsgh.com asked who-is-behind-the-galamsey-operations-in-the-oda-river-forest-reserve after it was discovered that the 16000-hectare Oda River Forest

Impacts of Illegal Mining (Galamsey) on the Environment (Water and Soil) At Bontefufuo Area in the Amansie West Di strict *Richard. A. Kuffour 1, Benjamin. M. Tiimub 1, and D. Agyapong 2 1. Department of Environmental Health and Sanitation Education, University of Education, Winneba P.O. Box M40, Ashanti-Mampong, Ghana

The Acting Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), Dr Francis Padi, says illegal mining, popularly called galamsey, is the biggest threat to the sustainability of the

2021. 1. 21. · The Inter-ministerial task-force on illegal mining, has accused the Amansie West police of negligence leading to six illegal miners escaping