The government's renewed efforts to curtail rampant illegal mining come in response to the recent re-arrest of Chinese national Aisha Huang, aka "the Galamsey Queen." Huang's connections within the government and business community apparently allowed her to re-enter the country and continue mining illegally even after she was …

124 Chinese citizens have been arrested in Ghana for illegal gold mining. Chinese miners have moved to the natural resource rich country as China's presence in Africa grows. Locals complain

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) – A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that started in 2017 and shed light on Chinese involvement in the activity. The court in the capital Accra sentenced Aisha […]

The re-arrest of a Chinese national deported from Ghana in 2018 for illegal small-scale gold mining (known in Ghana as galamsey) is causing a media sensation and raising many embarrassing questions. ...

YEN.com.gh reported in a previous story that the Chinese illegal miner Aisha Huang made the news on Monday, September 5, 2022, after it emerged that she was in court for sneaking back into Ghana.. Aisha Huang was arrested and deported from Ghana in 2018 when security forces uncovered her destructive illegal mining activities, …

The two Chinese in Ghana's prisons is in spite of the hundreds of Chinese illegal miners arrested from 2013 to 2020. The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has …

"I deported almost 5,000 illegal Chinese miners. I didn't say because of the good relation we have with China, we should allow them to continue to engage in illicit activities and we collaborated with the Chinese Embassies, they got 747s and they came and took their nationals away. "It didn't destroy our relationship."

Ghanaian police arrest 46 foreign nationals from China and India accused of illegally mining gold in the River Offin in central Ghana.

Aisha Huang will spend the next four and a half years in a Ghanaian jail cell after the Accra High Court handed down a ruling on Monday that dominated the news in the West African country. Huang, …

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has rubbished claims that sanctioning Chinese galamsey kingpins will ruin Ghana's relationship with China. According to him, he deported almost 5,000 Chinese nationals who were involved in illegal mining (galamsey) when he was president but it never soiled the relationship …

The previous month, the New Patic Party (NPP), which came to power in January, had launched a five-year project to provide illegal miners with alternative livelihoods in the legal mining sector. …

We don't know whether this is a manifestation of our actions to deport illegal Chinese gold miners," said Inusah Fuseini, Ghana's minister of lands and natural resources. "This is a matter of concern.

In June and July 2013 alone more than 4,500 illegal Chinese gold miners were deported. More recently, in August 2016, the government expelled about 30 illegal miners, the majority of them Chinese.

Former President John Mahama has claimed that almost 5000 illegal Chinese miners were deported from Ghana during his tenure in government. The claim was made on Ghana Tonight, a show hosted by Alfred Ocansey on TV3, a television station in Ghana which was adjudged the most watched TV station in 2021 by Ipsos Ghana, the …

While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship between the so-called formal institutions (e.g., the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources) and informal institutions (e.g., the chieftaincy and …

The re-arrest of a Chinese national deported from Ghana in 2018 for illegal small-scale gold mining (known in Ghana as galamsey) is causing a media sensation and raising many embarrassing questions. …

Ghana detains 124 Chinese over illegal gold mining; ... We don't know whether this is a manifestation of our actions to deport illegal Chinese goldminers," said Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, Ghana's ...

In mid‐2013, President Mahama established a military task force against illegal mining, resulting in the deportation of many Chinese miners. The article examines the experiences of both Chinese migrants and Ghanaian miners. ... C. May 2 2017 "Illegal Chinese Gold Miners Blamed for Pollution, Violence in Ghana", MINING.com. …

We don't know whether this is a manifestation of our actions to deport illegal Chinese gold miners," said Inusah Fuseini, Ghana's Minister for Lands and Mines. "All these Chinese were involved in illegal employment in Ghana, the majority in illegal gold mining," said Michael Amoako-Atta, a spokesman for Ghana's Immigration Service. ...

In June and July 2013 alone more than 4,500 illegal Chinese gold miners were deported. More recently, in August 2016, the government expelled about 30 illegal miners, the majority of them …

perceived broad scale of illegal Chinese gold mining activities in Ghana, alongside allegations of human rights abuses. The media sensationalism of the ... concerning the detention and …

A Ghanaian court on December 4 sentenced Huang to 4½ years in prison and levied a $4,000 fine for running an illegal mining operation. Authorities told reporters that she will be deported after …

While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship between the so-called formal institutions (e.g., the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources) and informal institutions (e.g., the chieftaincy and …

The Chinese illegal mining "queen," En Huang aka Aisha, and the four other Chinese nationals who were arrested for their involvement in illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana, have been deported ...

Last month, about 30 Chinese miners were deported, Ghanaian officials said, AFP reports. The government says illegal mining negatively affects the economy and is also dangerous, causing many ...

Ghana, a gold, oil and cocoa producer, is facing a scourge of illegal mining, with Chinese nationals accused of leading some of the operations that have destroyed large areas of forest, polluted ...

Ghana's renewed fight against illegal mining between 2017 and 2021 saw the arrests of hundreds of Chinese illegal miners either as sponsors or workers at illegal mining sites. ... Aisha Huang and her countrymen were arrested for illegal mining but deported ... in the gold hunt, was about 50,000. Illegal foreign miners have a rather …

Gold mining, whether legal or illegal, is a crucial component of Ghana's economy. ... More than 100 Chinese gold miners were also detained, most of whom were either released or deported.

In June and July 2013 alone more than 4,500 illegal Chinese gold miners were deported. More recently, in August 2016, the government expelled about 30 illegal miners, the majority of them Chinese.

ing out' of illegal miners, and led to the official deportation of 4592 Chinese. ... Ghana probes death of 'illegal Chinese gold miner'. (2012, October 15). BBC News.