by admin | Nov 14, 2025 | Opinion/Analysis
To understand galamsey, you must first accept a simple truth: nobody wakes up in a village, stretches their arms, yawns, and decides to dig for gold on land that doesn’t belong to them. You lie bad! Galamsey only happens because someone with land is willing to give...
by admin | Nov 13, 2025 | Labour in Galamsey
A new infographic sheds light on the complex web of interests driving galamsey, Ghana’s illegal small-scale mining. It reveals that for many in rural communities, galamsey is more than a crime—it’s a source of livelihood and hope. Rural youth and traders see it as a...
by admin | Nov 12, 2025 | NAIMOS, Opinion/Analysis
Dear NAIMOS and EPA I write as a concerned citizen to question, and suggest some strategies, for our country’s long-standing approach to fighting illegal mining; the same approach we’ve recycled since the early 1980s: arrest, seize, burn, and leave. Every few years,...
by admin | Nov 10, 2025 | Opinion/Analysis
In the early 1980s, the collapse of many state companies built by Kwame Nkrumah’s regime, plunged Ghana’s economy into turmoil. Job losses, high cost of living exacerbated by the fire and droughts, scarcity of basic social and economic services, and rising public debt...
by admin | Nov 8, 2025 | NAIMOS
NAIMOS TaskForce Overpowers and Arrests Machete-Wielding Machomen whiles guarding Galamsey Site in Osibo Town.
