anti illegal mining Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/anti-illegal-mining/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Fri, 02 Feb 2018 11:37:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg anti illegal mining Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/anti-illegal-mining/ 32 32 Scores of migrants feared drowned off Libyan coast https://citifmonline.com/2018/02/scores-of-migrants-feared-drowned-off-libyan-coast/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 10:47:23 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=397568 Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea. But last year the EU reached a controversial […]

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]]> Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency.

Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals.

Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea.

But last year the EU reached a controversial deal to provide help to the Libyan coastguard to stop the flow of boats carrying migrants and refugees to Italy.

Aid agencies and the UN accused European governments of taking an inhuman approach.

“Ten bodies are reported to have washed up on Libyan shores,” the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement.

A spokesperson said Pakistanis were increasingly trying to make the perilous crossing to Italy.

Many are packed into unseaworthy vessels by smugglers who then abandon them to their fate in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Source: BBC

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]]> 90 illegal miners arrested in anti-galamsey operation https://citifmonline.com/2017/08/90-illegal-miners-arrested-in-anti-galamsey-operation/ Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:27:08 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=344111 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. The miners were arrested in some illegal mining areas in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions within a period of two weeks. The task force has also seized some equipment […]

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]]> 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.

The miners were arrested in some illegal mining areas in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions within a period of two weeks. The task force has also seized some equipment from the miners.

The Commanding Officer for Operation Vanguard, Colonel William Agyapong has been speaking to Citi News.

[contextly_sidebar id=”sC7psRHkYUNRAPuuTWjXw6VqcTcKUGQo”]“We have arrested as many as 90 suspected illegal miners. In Eastern Region, we arrested 29, Western Region, 58 and in Ashanti Region we have arrested 3. These are suspects and as I speak they have been sent to the various courts where appropriate prosecution procedures are being followed,” he said.

Colonel Agyapong also added that the taskforce has seized a number of equipment the illegal miners use and destroyed others.

Operation Vanguard, which comprised a joint military and police of about 400 personnel were about two weeks ago sent tothree regions – Ashanti, Eastern and Western, to flush illegal miners in those areas.

The operation recorded a near setback last week after the military personnel shot an illegal miner at Obuasi Anyimadukrom in the Ashanti Region.

Residents of Obuasi Anyimadukrom in the Ashanti Region have blocked roads leading to the town to express their anger after the anti-galamsey task force killed a resident there.

Residents of the area however blocked roads leading to the town to express their anger over the issue.

Aside the near hiccup, Colonel Agyapong told Citi News that the operation has so far been very fruitful.

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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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