Across Ghana, taps are running but confidence is drying up. As illegal mining (galamsey) continues to ravage the country’s major river basins, the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is battling a ...

Multiple award-winning investigative journalist with the Multimedia Group, Erastus Asare Donkor, has expressed deep concern ...

As Ghana struggles with heavily galamsey– polluted rivers across the country, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Mines ...

The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) has announced that it possesses the technical capability to rehabilitate all ...

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) recently noted that the university has the technology to restore rivers polluted by galamsey activities .

Illegal mining along the Black Volta River in the Wa West District of Ghana has led to the arrest of seven people. According to MyJoyOnline and GhanaWeb, the culprits were arraigned on April 13, 2025.

CPP member and governance expert Kwame Jantuah has issued a stark warning about the worsening state of Ghana’s water bodies, ...

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By Joseph BENSONAcross Ghana’s river basins, the damage of illegal small-scale mining, or galamsey, is visible from space.

Environmental campaigners urge public vigilance on how mercury from galamsey was polluting soil, food in Ghana ...

The arrest of a top opposition figure in Ashanti has spotlighted Ghana’s illegal mining fight, sparking debate over justice vs. politics. The fight against illegal gold mining – a multimillion-dollar ...