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11 trapped as mining pit collapses at Asaman Tamfoe; 7 dead, 4 missing

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  • Goldbod 12 hours ago

    Is SA Gyamfi among those missing? Please clarification required to hold declare national day of mourning.

  • Adams 11 hours ago

    Malik Kweku Baako may be among them, according to Professor Frimpong Boateng

  • Kwaku Tee 11 hours ago

    Have you ever heard of any rich person or an important person dying in a galamsey pit? It's the reason why the Govt don't want to declare a State of Emergency. Imagine it's declared and GAF use a Russian drone bomb and it kil ...
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  • Paulus 11 hours ago

    I am sure this person has read is own piece and if he is honest with himself, he will acknowledge that it is in terribly bad taste. We politicise everything in ghana and unless and until we change this mentality we will conti ...
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  • Ofori 11 hours ago

    Normal. You chase gold into a pit you die like a pig

  • Great one 11 hours ago

    What safety precautions are available to these Galamseyers? yes mines do collapse especially during raining seasons but measures are usually in place to help, is it only greed that drives these ones?

  • AGBELI KUMORDZI8 11 hours ago

    Stop that deadly galamsay they don't want to listen.Get one load of sand to cover them and forget

  • Son of sons 10 hours ago

    if they are indeed illegal miners, I hope they are die.

  • Kwam 10 hours ago

    Seriously , this figure is just a tip of the ice berg. There is a believe that the more people die during the mining, the more gold is found. May their souls rest in peace.

  • Haim 9 hours ago

    What a country
    Illegal miners contribute so much gold
    Deaths
    Environmental degradation
    Social evils
    No taxes paid
    Big Miners
    Pay taxes royalty
    Community development
    Good safety
    Two worlds in Ghana
    What a me ...
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  • Ken Crenstil 9 hours ago

    More people involved in small scale mining but no accountability and transparency as a nation
    Deaths
    Destroying rivers farmlands
    No taxes
    No community development
    Politics ooh

  • Kofi Amakye 9 hours ago

    Useless Goldbod still continuing bad legacy of previous government
    Sammy Gyenfi happy with blood being spilled

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  • AGBELI KUMORDZI8 9 hours ago

    You fiafitor

  • Ato Annan 9 hours ago

    As a country condoning illegallity
    Record gold Sammy Gyenfi
    Shame on all of us hypocrites.
    No water flowing in taps Tarkwa due to Galamsey operators

  • Herman 7 hours ago

    NDC worst than NPP
    Noise no action

  • Twe 2 hours ago

    Oh ! , ONLY seven GALAMSEYERS dead ? It have been more

  • Mho 52 minutes ago

    That’s my village, may they rest in peace.