The government has been called upon to take immediate action to address the issue of illegal gold mining and smuggling, which is resulting in Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs).

This gold boom has reinforced Ghana’s position as one of Africa’s leading gold producers, attracting foreign investment and ...

The National Coalition on Mining (NCOM)-Ghana, a group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for an explanation on why security personnel have been deployed around mines in the country. The ...

Illegal and small-scale mining known as galamsey is contaminating the country’s rivers and soil, activists say.

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson officially opened a 21-member Technical Committee, whose job it is to create the ...

Ghana plans to launch a Gold Board to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase earnings and reduce ...

The chronic challenge of illegal gold mining — known locally as “galamsey” — was a major issue during Ghana's presidential election campaign last month and a source of concern for voters ...

A miners' association said the victims were unarmed. The army said seven illegal miners were killed in a firefight.

Ghana’s armed forces said Sunday in a statement on X that around 60 “illegal miners” carrying locally manufactured rifles and other weapons breached the security fences of the Obuasi gold mining site ...

Ghana plans to launch a Gold Board to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase earnings and reduce smuggling, the west African country’s newly appointed finance minister ...