Ghana: Provide Security for Journalists in Galamsey Fight

Ghana: Provide Security for Journalists in Galamsey Fight

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called for the provision of adequate security for journalists who reported on illegal small-scale mining related issues from mining sites in the country.

GJA Initiates Legal Action Against OSP

Albert Kwabena Dwumfour   The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has initiated legal action against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), for the arrest and intimidation of radio broadcaster, Godwin Asare Bediako. On April 2, 2025, Godwin Asare Bediako, a renowned journalist was arrested by the OSP, for accusing the Special Prosecutor of requesting a private jet from the then ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) due to the risky nature of hi…

Anti-galamsey taskforce seizes 13 excavators in Ashanti Region

Thirteen (13) excavators have been seized and multiple suspects including Chinese national has been picked up in anti-galamsey operation conducted by a government task force in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti region. The operation was led by the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, Captain (Rtd) John Kwame Jabari. He said the urgent action was prompted by the alarming destruction of cocoa farms and forest reserves, which threaten Gha…

Provide security for journalists in galamsey fight

The Ghana Journalists As­sociation (GJA) has called for the provision of adequate security for journalists who reported on illegal small-scale mining related issues from min­ing sites in the country. The President of the GJA, Mr Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, made the call at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday on national issues and issues related to media freedom that confronted the country. According to Mr Dwum­four, the GJA had observed that …