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Before this, according to the ET, 33 Chinese nationals were detained in Ghana in 2019 for engaging in illegal gold mining activities. Tom Sheehy, a distinguished fellow at the US Institute of Peace's Africa Center, described the situation: …
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Thus, illegal Chinese miners in Ghana fall in the latter category. Pull Factors Ease of Entry and High Returns Systemic institutional corruption in the regulation of mining in Ghana remains a …
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Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa has admonished Ghanaian law enforcement agencies to punish Chinese nationals caught involving themselves in illegal small …
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This is an issue we've been covering for many, many years here, which is illegal mining in not only in Ghana, but elsewhere. But Galamsey is a Ghanaian word for illegal …
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The illegal mining has also affected cocoa production, with the Ghana Cocoa Board saying in 2021 that more than 19,000 hectares of farmland had been destroyed in key …
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Ghana is the world's 6th largest and Africa's largest producer of gold. Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 40% of gold production in Ghana. Despite the formalised …
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Sustainability. While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship …
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It must be noted that Ghana does not have an extradition treaty with China and could prosecute illegal Chinese miners in the country. However, Ghana's government chose …
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This short piece argues how Ghana is struggling to strike a balance between maintaining good relations with Beijing and cracking down on illegal Chinese mining operations.
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Ghana's renewed fight against illegal mining between 2017 and 2021 saw the arrests of hundreds of Chinese illegal miners either as sponsors or workers at illegal mining sites. However, statistics of foreign nationals in …
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Aisha Huang — a Chinese national with the notorious nickname "Galamsey Queen" — is now sitting in a Ghanaian prison cell after she was sentenced this week by the High …
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Stopping illegal mining is not enough, Ghana must also restore damaged environments. · Land Reclamation Projects: The government should make it mandatory for all …
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Small-scale mining contributes about 30% of Ghana's total gold output and provides livelihoods for many people. This study examines the impact of Chinese involvement in the sector, much …
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In addition to mining issues in Nigeria and Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo has banned six Chinese businesses operating in South Kivu for illegally extracting gold …
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General News of Friday, 6 June 2025. Source: Watch heavily armed men resist Hannah Bissiw, anti-galamsey taskforce over arrest of …
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This article examines the phenomenon of irregular migration by Chinese miners into Ghana's informal alluvial mining sector. It addresses the following question: What impact does mass …
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An anti-illegal mining (galamsey) taskforce had arrested the three at an illegal mining site at Tentenku No.8 near Kofi Pare in the Ayensuano District. They were among hundreds of Ghanaians and foreign illegal miners …
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Ghana and China have resolved to establish a high-powered working committee to review circumstances leading to the influx of illegal Chinese miners to Ghana. The committee …
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The key to reducing the inflow of Chinese migrants to Ghana's mining regions is adequately addressing the root causes of this informality. Previous article in issue; ... The …
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A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that started in 2017 and...
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Several Chinese nationals have been arrested for running illegal mining operations, including recruiting local miners and introducing the use of heavy machinery on sites. But few …
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their activities. Illegal Chinese miners amounted to about 50,000 at the height of their involvement in illegal mining between 2012 and 2013. An Inter-Ministerial Task force established in 2013 to …
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The Ashanti Region Anti-Galamsey Taskforce executed a pre-dawn operation in the Adansi enclave, resulting in the confiscation of 13 excavators and multiple arrests at illegal …
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This article investigates factors that attract Chinese migrants into illegal small-scale mining in Ghana, their role in the supply chain, and the impact of their involvement. This is …
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Between 2020 and 2023, ENACT recorded numerous arrests of Chinese nationals engaged in illegal mining in Nigeria's Kwara, Zamfara, and Akwa Ibom states. In Ghana, Aisha …
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Chinese national En "Aisha" Huang is well known in Ghana as the "Galamsey Queen," a nickname bestowed by the local media to describe her status as a kingpin of illegal gold mining operations. Her arrest and recent …
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This article examines the participation of some Chinese migrants in illegal gold mining (known as galamsey) in Ghana, and how the Government's policy to address the issue created …
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Although the majority of Chinese interests in African mining is state sponsored, the Ghana case demonstrates private Chinese agency that is mostly attracted to illegal small-scale mining in …
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This paper examined some local pull factors accounting for the proliferation of Chinese miners in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining, particularly the informal and …
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Illegal small-scale mining in Ghana is destroying the environment, making people ill, adding to water scarcity and damaging farmlands and crops such as cocoa. ... In 2013, a …
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In 2013, the Ghana Immigration Service deported more than 4,500 Chinese nationals after raids on illegal mines. Now, much of the illegal mining is done by Ghanaians. Advertisement
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This would suggest that illicit small-scale mining (galamsey) represents more than 70 percent of all gold production in Ghana. Even if, for example, illegal Chinese miners were …
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Even Small-scale, artisanal mining is permitted for the people of Ghana, over 85 percent is being carried out by Chinese illegally. "Th¬e case of illegal Chinese mining arises …
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during 2012 and the first half of 2013, especially in the area of alluvial mining in southern Ghana, with rising violence and increasingly hostile media coverage of 'illegal Chinese miners'. …
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