Convener of advocacy coalition focused on combating illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana, who has publicly criticized government enforcement failures and called for prosecution of mining financiers and politically connected operators.
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Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr Ken Ashigbey, says the government’s fight against illegal mining will continue to fall short unless state officials entrusted with enforcing the law actively play their part. …
Illegal mining persists because some state officials are failing to act — Ken AshigbeyJoy Online
Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr Ken Ashigbey, has commended the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, for revoking Executive Instrument (EI) 144, describing the decision as a significant milestone in Ghana’s efforts to prot …
Ken Ashigbey commends government for restoring Achimota Forest Reserve’s protected statusDr Ken Ashigbey, convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, says Ghana has not honoured the memory of eight people who died in last year's helicopter crash while travelling to support anti-galamsey efforts, pointing to continued illegal mining activity in areas where state institutions are expected to enforce the law.
13 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Ken Ashigbey, convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, says Ghana has not honoured the memory of eight people who died in last year's helicopter crash while travelling to support anti-galamsey efforts, pointing to continued illegal mining activity in areas where state institutions are expected to enforce the law.
13 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Ken Ashigbey, Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, has criticised the country's failure to stop galamsey a year after eight people, including senior military and government officials, died in a helicopter crash travelling to an anti-illegal mining programme, saying the continued destruction of water bodies and illegal mining activities raise questions about Ghana's commitment to the fight.
13 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Kyebi water treatment plant has been shut down because raw water turbidity makes treatment impossible, according to the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining. Dr Ken Ashigbey cited this as evidence of worsening galamsey impact on Ghana's water bodies.
13 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining says although the government has made some progress tackling galamsey, illegal mining activities continue to threaten Ghana's forests, rivers and mining communities, and the situation on the ground does not reflect an end to impunity. The coalition commended the government's decision to revoke amendments affecting Achimota Forest but warned more decisive and uniform enforcement across all regions is needed.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining has commended investigative journalist Erastus Asare Donkor's reporting on illegal mining and called on the government to expand investigations into all individuals and networks implicated in galamsey, rather than treating the conviction of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) as an isolated case.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, said he would have preferred the Accra High Court to impose the maximum 25-year custodial sentence on NPP Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), who received 20 years' imprisonment for illegal mining. Ashigbey argued that those who finance and facilitate illegal mining deserve the harshest punishment available under law.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, has called the conviction and 20-year sentencing of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) over illegal mining on the Samreboi concession a landmark moment, urging it to trigger a broader crackdown on politically exposed persons involved in galamsey.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, says the conviction of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako should inspire journalists, activists and citizens to intensify the campaign against galamsey and demand accountability from those protecting the country's natural resources.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Ken Ashigbey, convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, has urged the government to trace financial networks sustaining galamsey operations and prosecute kingpins rather than focus solely on operators, warning that illicit cash flows linked to artisanal and small-scale mining threaten Ghana's international financial reputation and risk FATF blacklisting.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Ken Ashigbey, Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, warns that successive governments have failed to enforce the law against politically connected illegal miners, and that galamsey will continue unless political interference ends and the state holds all perpetrators accountable regardless of party affiliation.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Ken Ashigbey, convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, says the government's anti-galamsey campaign is being undermined because some state officials are not adequately supporting enforcement efforts, and he has called for MMDCEs and other state representatives to be held accountable for enforcing the law in their jurisdictions.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The government has revoked Executive Instrument 144, restoring the Achimota Forest Reserve to full protected status and reversing the removal of approximately 361.5 acres from the reserve in 2022. Dr Ken Ashigbey, Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, commended the decision as a significant milestone in Ghana's efforts to protect forests and combat environmental degradation.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →