The Apostolic Fathers of Ghana, representing a coalition of prominent leaders from the Charismatic movement, have called for an immediate and temporary ban on all forms of small-scale gold mining, commonly referred to as galamsey. In a passionate and urgent plea, the clergy stressed that galamsey activities are wreaking havoc on the environment, the livelihoods of Ghanaians, and the future ...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has ‘instructed’ the Ghana Football Association to seek CAF’s approval for the Accra and University of Ghana Sports Stadiums to host the Black Stars’ next home match in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The Baba Yara Sports Stadium, which hosted Ghana’s last game against Angola, has been banned by CAF due to ...

The Sanitation and Water Resources Committee of Parliament is scheduled to embark on a one-week tour of illegal mining sites in the Eastern, Western and Ashanti Regions beginning September 25, 2024. Members of the Committee decided to organise the tour to assess the devastating impact of galamsey on water bodies and the environment. The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) recently announced ...

The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) has called for the immediate resignation of the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, following his remarks regarding the demands for a declaration of a state of emergency to tackle illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey. During a media engagement in Accra, Minister Jinapor described the calls for President Nana Addo Dankwa ...

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has issued a passionate call for government to declare a state of emergency to tackle the severe impact of illegal mining, known locally as “galamsey,” on the country’s water bodies and natural resources. Rev. Fr. Michael K. A. Quaicoe, Director for Governance, Justice, and Peace for the Conference, made the appeal during an interview on ...

Chelsea have two owners wanting to buy each other out. Neither wants to sell, amid a rift at the heart of the club. In one corner is Todd Boehly, often mischaracterised as the main man and decision-maker of the ownership, mainly because he had a very public-facing role when Chelsea was taken over and made outlandish public comments, including the ...

Minority Chief Whip, Kwame Governs Agbodza has suggested to the government to confront the illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey) practice with the same approach towards drug trafficking and murder. To him, this is the only way to achieve results the efforts at nipping glamansey in the bud. “Galamsey is devastating. To achieve positive results in the fight against galamsey, maybe we ...

The Ghana Police Service has given the green light to the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for their planned demonstration against the Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday, 17 September 2024. The party aims to press for a forensic audit of the voter register ahead of the December elections. The announcement was made by the NDC’s General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi ...

Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, Presidential Candidate for the Alliance for Revolutionary Change (ARC) and Founder and Leader of the Movement for Change (M4C), has nominated Elijah Kwame Owusu Danso, Esq. (E-KOD), as his vice presidential partner on the electoral ticket of the ARC. At the youthful and yet epochal age of 40, E-KOD’s nomination as a vice presidential candidate meets ...

The inflation rate for August 2024 decreased to 20.4%, down from 20.9% in July, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline since March, when it was 25.8%. According to the government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, the drop in inflation is attributed to a decline in food inflation, which fell to 19.1% in August, while non-food inflation rose to 21.5%. ...