GNA – The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Tuesday issued a directive to all individuals and entities involved in illegal mining (galamsey) in and near water bodies to cease with ... the ...

in late 2024 caused a corresponding surge in illegal mining across Ghana, and in effect, more intense devastation of water bodies. Small-scale miners use lots of water by digging up soil around ...

President John Dramani Mahama has urged chiefs and the youth to play a key role in protecting Ghana ... water bodies,” he noted. He further emphasised, “We will take urgent steps to halt ...

With illegal mining ... threats to water bodies, forest reserves and farmlands, stakeholders have consistently stressed the need for the issue to be given critical attention. The Ghana water ...

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has issued a one-month ultimatum to owners of excavators and mining equipment operating along the ... a report from the Ghana Water Company Limited ...

According to a news report, the decision comes in response to a report from the Ghana Water Company Limited ... The directive emphasized that mining activities along river bodies are strictly ...

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 ...