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28 excavators, 218 chanfangs destroyed in Galamsey fight – Nitiwul reveals LISTEN Dominic Nitiwul Minister of Defense, Dominic Nitiwul, has revealed some 28 excavators used in illegal mining activities popularly known as Galamsey have been destroyed. According to him, some 218 chanfangs have also been destroyed by personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) working under Operation Halt II. He made this known in an interaction with the media at the Information Ministry in Accra on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. According to him, some two pump action guns, 21 new pumping machines were also seized....

  The Ghana Armed Forces on Friday deployed 400 soldiers of all ranks to begin the second phase of 'Operation Halt' to rid the country's water bodies of illegal miners. The operation is aimed at removing all persons and logistics involved in mining on the water bodies. In a statement signed and issued by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in Accra on Friday, said the second phase of the exercise would focus on the tributaries of Pra River, which were significantly affected by the activities of illegal miners. The military, the statement said, had also begun armed patrols of the Pra ...

Graphic Online BY: Enoch Darfah Frimpong 30.5k Shares 705 Soldiers have been deployed to remove all persons engaged in mining in water bodies in Ghana in the second phase of Operation Halt II. The new phase of the operation is focusing on the tributaries of the Pra river which have also been significantly affected by the activities of illegal miners. The Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah made this known in a press statement dated May 7, 2021 and issued Friday afternoon. The first phase of the operation, which was ordered by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and started on ...

Editorial: No tears for illegal miners The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, through his Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, recently deployed over 200 military personnel to the various mining sites to stop illegal mining in the country. The soldiers have been tasked to search, locate and burn all equipment being used in the illegal business. The decision follows several complaints regarding the pollution of our water bodies by these illegal miners, which is even making it virtually impossible for the Ghana Water Company (GWC) to draw raw water from the Pra Riv...

Gov't deploys 400 military personnel to combat mining at river bodies MAY 7, 2021 Government has deployed 400 military personnel to combat illegal mining activities at river bodies across the country. A press statement signed by the Minister for Information, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said. The statement noted that the operation christened “Operation Halt II” forms part of government's renewed strategy to curb mining activities at river bodies. According to the statement, the second phase of the operation aimed at removing all persons and logistics involved in mining on water bodies ...