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The intended strike by the organized Labour on October 10 against the illegal mining popularly known as galamsey has been suspended. The Trade Union Congress’s (TUC) Secretary General, Joshua Ansah, made this announcement on Wednesday. The Congress made the announcement in Accra, stating that it had made the decision after …

John Dramani Mahama, the leader of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reaffirmed the party’s pledge to vote in peaceful elections on December 7, 2024. In a meeting with a West African Elders Forum delegation led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, October 7, 2024, Mr. …

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) vice presidential candidate, starts a two-day campaign tour to the Eastern Region. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang will tour important constituencies as part of the John Mahama for President 2024 campaign, including Akuapim South, Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Suhum, New Juaben South, …

Ahead of the general elections in 2024, some members of Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s Movement for Change in the Central have defected to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). At a press conference in Cape Coast, more than a hundred supporters announced their plans to leave the Movement for Change, citing …

Employees of GIHOC Distilleries Limited have been cautioned not to participate in Organized Labour’s planned strike against galamsey by Managing Director Maxwell Kofi Jumah. Mr. Jumha has threatened to fire any employee who chooses to participate in the countrywide protest. A strike by Organized Labour is scheduled to begin on …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has declared that, although supporting Organized Labour in its battle against galamsey, or illicit small-scale mining, it would not take part in the October 10 scheduled statewide strike. In a press release released on October 8, following an internal meeting, GMA stressed that it has …

The government will soon reveal some significant interventions it would use in its attempts to combat illicit mining, often known as galamsey, according to Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. In an interview with Bernard Avle for the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM on Tuesday, October …

Reports that the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Tuesday, October 1 resulted in a decision to issue an updated version of the voter register for 2024 within a week have been refuted by the Electoral Commission (EC). The Election Commission (EC) refuted claims made by the National Democratic Congress …

Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) Director of Elections and IT, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to keep its word and provide political parties access to the voter register. This comes after the EC promised during last Tuesday’s Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting that the register …

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former minister for the environment, science, technology, and innovation, has urged President Akufo-Addo to respond to the mounting calls from labour unions and other groups to stop the widespread destruction of forest reserves and water bodies caused by illegal mining, also known as galamsey. For the …