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Ghana faces billions in costs to reclaim lands devastated by illegal mining
Ghana will require billions of dollars to restore vast stretches of degraded land and polluted water bodies resulting from ...
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Lands Minister laments low adjudication of mining-related court cases
Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has bemoaned the low adjudication of mining-related cases in courts, noting that out of 800 cases in courts less than 40 have ...
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Protect lands, water bodies from illegal mining – President Mahama to chiefs
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 ...
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EPA confiscates 3 excavators in a move to enforce directive to halt mining in river bodies
Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, has revealed the EPA will ensure all mining along river bodies are ceased to restore the sanctity of water bodies. “When we came we didn ...
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As gold prices surge, Ghana faces ‘looming crisis’ over illegal mining
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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Okyenhene orders seizure of excavators, removal of all mining equipment operating along Birim river
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 ...
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Remove all excavators and mining equipment operating along Birim river – Okyenhene orders
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 ...