Sentences with phrase «by illegal miners»

A small community, far from Venezula's Orinoco Mining Arc, discovers gold, leading to an incursion by illegal miners, environmental devastation and an allegedly deadly army raid.

The Deputy Minister was reacting to comments made by some illegal miners at the Akwatia Diamond Market in the Eastern Region who say getting them out...

Aside the wanton destruction of water bodies by illegal miners, some communities, especially in Accra, have complained about the health hazards posed to them by factories operating within residential areas.

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Government has come under attack by thousands of Ghanaians engaging in illegal mining threatening to vote against the ruling party in the next elections despite their (illegal miners) hazardous activities on the environment.

He recently became very popular when he led a media campaign against illegal mining in the country, forcing the NPP government's hand against galamsey, even though President Akufo - Addo had promised illegal miners, during the 2016 campaign, that galamsey would not be discouraged by an NPP government.

«We know that [the illegal miners] will kill so what is wrong if [the soldiers] kill,» he wondered on Saturday's edition of TV3's New Day hosted by Abena Tabi.

He observed the floods were caused by the obstruction of water by a man made dam constructed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and not by the activities of illegal miners as earlier claimed.

Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has urged illegal miners to take advantage of the numerous opportunities offered by the government under the Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP) to make a living.

Teachers in the East Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region, an area ravaged by the activities of illegal miners, have pledged to join Citi FM's efforts in ending illegal mining also known as galamsey.

Ten Chinese illegal Miners have been arrested by police in Tarkwa in the Western Region.

The component, Alternative Livelihood Project, Oil Palm Plantation, which is being funded by the Minerals Development Fund, under the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, seeks to employ illegal miners who are affected by the...

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Wednesday granted bail to a miner, Alh Abdullahi Adamu alias Dan - China, 16 Chinese nationals and 9 other Nigerians, who are being tried by the federal government over alleged illegal mining.

According to him, most of them were fined by the courts, a punishment he said was not «heavy» enough to deter other illegal miners from engaging in the act.

The MP, whose constituency is one of the worst affected by the activities of illegal miners believes a more pragmatic approach should be adopted.

The Mission argued that some of the Chinese illegal miners were also victims of fraud and blackmail hence their cases must be holistically looked at by government before taking action.

The arrest followed the launch of «Operation Final War» by the Amansie West District of Ashanti region, meant to launch a final onslaught on recalcitrant illegal miners and bring them to face the law.

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has asked the public to disregard what he describes as propaganda by some persons to derail the work of the anti-galamsey taskforce Operation Vanguard, by falsely accusing them of killing illegal miners.

The National Commander of the government's anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Vanguard, has expressed frustration with what he says is the slow pace of prosecution of illegal miners arrested by the task - force.

Some Ninety illegal miners who have been apprehended by government's anti-illegal mining task force Operation Vanguard have been arraigned in various parts of the country.

Sixty - four (64) illegal miners have been apprehended and arrested by government's anti-galamsey task - force, Operation Vanguard.

The outgoing Commander of Operation Vanguard, Colonel William Agyapong, has expressed worry about the weight of punishment meted out to illegal miners arrested by the anti-galamsey task - force.

Ninety - nine (99) illegal miners including 61 Chinese, have been arrested by government's anti-galamsey task - force, Operation Vanguard.

We must, thus, be determined to protect our environment and water bodies by joining hands in the fight against illegal mining, also known as galamsey, in order to bring an end to the devastation of some of our landscape, and the pollution of our water bodies, occasioned by the activities of illegal miners.

A hectare of degraded land caused by the activities of illegal small - scale miners will cost the government GHȻ60, 000 to restore it to the natural state, Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said.

Even without the palm oil, it faces a myriad of other threats, from raids by bush meat hunters trapping and shooting primates, antelopes and elephants, to incursions from illegal loggers and miners prospecting for iron ore.

His stories for The Times have taken him to Greece, where he wrote about the country's growing ranks of nurses who aren't really nurses; Ukraine, where he covered the economic devastation caused by war; and Poland, where he followed so - called rathole miners into illegal coal pits.