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Galamsey In Ghana
Ghana is currently the tenth largest producer of gold in the world and second in Africa only after South Africa. Gold is the second major export commodity of Ghana after cocoa and galamsey contribute about 35% of all gold exported out of the country. Most of the gold obtained through galamsey is exported illegally.
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Public Administration, Governance, and Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
This essay applies the philosophical and theoretical premises of public administration and the different phases of governance, to analyzing illegal small-scale mining in Ghana, known in local parlance as galamsey. Illegal mining in Ghana is an archetypical complex problem as it is cross-scalar, involving public, private, nonprofit …
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Galamsey menace: Causes, effects and solutions
The high incidence of "galamsey" or illegal mining in recent times, have been on several discussions and heated debates for some time now and has perplexed the minds of the general public in Ghana.
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Galamsey, Pollution Destroying Water Bodies In Ghana
The Head of Communications at the Ghana Water Company, Steve Mantey on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, gave an overview of water bodies in the some regions that have been polluted by illegal mining activities. In the Western Region, the main water bodies that have been polluted include the River Pra, Daboase, Obosomase and …
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'The Galamer, Our Dilemma,' A Poem On 'galamsey' By …
Below is poet and writer Makafui's poem titled 'The Galamer, Our Dilemma': We have been betrayed. Our airwaves trying to lead the way. People are having their say, the politicians their wage. The wages of galamsey is seen. Our lands are being given away anyway. The perpetrators are having their way.
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Galamsey fight requires collaborative national effort – …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on traditional rulers and all stakeholders to collaborate in the fight against illegal mining, known as galamsey. The President said it was obvious that "if we are to win the fight, you and I have to take the lead to collaborate closely to do so.
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Petition · Stop the Menace of Galamsey (Small Scale Mining) in Ghana
Over a decade now, Ghana, A west African country has been plagued with the menace of Illegal mining (known in the local parlance as "GALAMSEY". Illegal mining has been a major national development challenge that many governments in Ghana have grappled with over the years. Apart from depriving the country of its agricultural land, the practice …
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INFOGRAPHICS: Timeline of the galamsey fight, what we know
Government over the last three years has been fighting to end the galamsey menace. The fight to end galamsey and the ban on small scale mining. Following several media campaigns against activities ...
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Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens Ghana's forests
"Galamsey," derived from "gather them and sell," is a local Ghanaian phrase that means illegal small-scale gold mining. Around him, the once lush cocoa trees have given way to craters ...
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Galamsey Fight in Ghana: An Analysis of Failure …
This paper, therefore, analyses the failure of government/military interventions aimed at fighting illegal gold mining in Ghana since 1989. To achieve the objective of the study, the qualitative ...
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UNDERSTANDING GALAMSEY (ILLEGAL MINING) IN GHANA
Artisanal Small-scale mining (ASM), popularly known as 'galamsey' in the mineral-rich country of Ghana, is a fast-growing phenomenon that is present in several other countries with underground mineral resources. Coined from the English phrase, "gather and sell", galamsey has become a subject of great concern for governmental …
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Effects Of Galamsey On Education In Mining Communities
Galamsey, which is locally known in Ghana as the illegal mining activity or mechanism to extract gold and other mineral resources is on the rise. People who engage in such act are known to be ...
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How to stop galamsey the Dormaa way | The Ghana Report
Illegal mining or galamsey and its devastation can be stopped. The President with all the awesome powers of the State has lost the fight. The patriot and accomplished surgeon – the first to perform open-heart surgery in the country, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng is battling costly defamation suits for fighting galamsey. In …
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Monitoring of Artisanal Mining (Galamsey) in Ghana
Period of Performance. Galamsey in Ghana threatens the water supply. The Monitoring of Artisanal Mining (Galamsey) in Ghana Service is a monitoring platform with information on the location of illegal mining sites across Ghana and their associated land degradation. It provides the necessary spatial data input to decision makers and partners ...
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My gold, my money, my life
He says, 'galamsey' operators sometimes get buried alive in the earth or contract all sorts of skin diseases as a result of going into pits to extract gold. "Me, I will not stop," he boasts. The International Labour Organization (ILO) 2010 report on mining contends that small-scale mining means different things to different people.
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Galamsey: effects on environment and gov't's fight against it
The surge of illegal mining commonly referred to as 'galamsey' has been a long-term worry to the people and political leaders of Ghana. The aftermath of this activity is very much disturbing as it affects the country's environmental, social and health resources which is why government is keen on finding a lasting solution to fix the problem.
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The footprints of galamsey in Ghana: The Western Region …
It is the undisputed mining hub of West Africa, and is dominated by two main gold mining sectors: the large scale mining sector (LSM) and small-scale or artisanal small-scale mining (SSM/ASM). Within the small-scale gold mining sector is "galamsey", a local term used in Ghana for illegal or unregulated gold mining operations.
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Uncontrolled and Illegal (Galamsey) Mining Activities in …
The effects of illegal (Galamsey) mining in Ghana has been devastating over the last few years. Even though small-scale mining was legalized in 1989 during the Military Regime of the People's National Defense Council (PNDC), it was intended primarily for the local people. ... operators have found other ways to mine, specifically operating at ...
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Responsible small scale mining the way to go to stop galamsey
Responsible small scale mining the way to go to stop galamsey – Bawumia. "All too often, our problem solving tends to focus more on chasing and punishing wrongdoers and less on recognizing and ...
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Ghana's Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa …
Ghana, one of the world's biggest producers of cocoa beans, is facing a crisis around dangerous and dirty galamsey, or informal, mining—which experts warn could …
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5 times Nana Addo promised to fight galamsey | Pulse Ghana
The government will end galamsey activities – Nana Addo. On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, Nana Addo reiterated that he will do everything within his power to galamsey activities. According to him, this ...
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Is illegal mining socio-politically entrenched? An opinion …
Introduction. Gold mining follows two divisional lines in Ghana; the large-scale multi-national and the small-scale mining sectors (Wireko-Gyebi et al., 2020).Typically, the small scale mining aspect of gold extraction can be further divided into two classes (legal and illegal) depending on its legal approval and operational protocols …
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Making visible the galamsey scandals in Ghana: Digital …
The latter is the new galamsey in Ghana, undertaken by a power-elite cartel that uses its political influence to ravage the environment in its gluttonous quest for gold. Truly artisanal, the subaltern classes use rudimentary tools to mine and process gold, mostly by digging and washing (McQuilken and Hilson, 2016: 15).
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Nana Akuffo-Addo Promises To 'Legalise' Galamsey Mining …
Nana Akuffo-Addo Promises To 'Legalise' Galamsey Mining In Obuasi Campaign Stop. 07/16/2016 9:02 am. by Nii Smiley Byte, ... the practice is a way to create jobs for the youth. "I was here in Obuasi to say that galamsey, which I prefer to call small-scale mining, will be regularized, to ensure that the youth all find work to do. ...
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'Galamsey': Leadership of Christian groups call
Apinamang (E/R), Oct 16, GNA— Four Christian groups have stressed the need for effective collaboration among stakeholders to fight the illegal mining menace popularly known as 'galamsey.' They said standing united to fight the canker was the surest way the nation would win the battle and restore the degraded environment to its original ...
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'Galamsey' reversing climate change …
Accra, Nov. 16, GNA – The OccupyGhana, a pressure group, has reiterated its call on the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take drastic action to stop the activities of illegal miners, popularly known as …
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Addressing the Galamsey Menace: Opportunity and …
The uncontrolled activities of illegal mining (galamsey) are adversely affecting water bodies, vegetation, ... in galamsey and the challenges it presents to his traditional area and Ghana. In fact, it was his article, Galamsey: ... On the way forward, he tasked the government to stop galamsey in sensitive areas "at all cost". He also
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Ghana's illegal mining continues because the rules and …
The study identified two key related factors that drive illegal mining in Ghana. First, the mines are transient but getting a mining licence is time-consuming. Second, the regulatory framework ...
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The Rise of the Fourth Estate: The Media, Environmental Policy, and the
Amid increasing climate change and environmental degradation, illegal mining (galamsey) has received widespread public concern in Ghana, with greater attention in recent times due to increased media coverage. This paper explores the role of the media in the ongoing crackdown on galamsey activities through a Media Agenda …
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Is illegal mining socio-politically entrenched? An opinion
Gold mining has been the backbone of Ghana's development since pre-colonial times. It has been essential in revenue mobilisation and the provision of employment to many people. ... argued that the inability to stop galamsey is because of political leniency and management corruption which has characterised the political …
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How to control illegal mining
The President, John Dramani Mahama, set up a taskforce to move in to put a brake on the alarming increase in illegal mining. Unfortunately, nothing concrete has come out of the work of the ...