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Chinese miners invade River Tano Basin

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  • Preserve Ghana & God Save Ghana 8 years ago

    Water and air are the most important commodities on earth, not oil and not money. The Chinese have polluted their cities with smog and respiratory diseases are on the rise. So do you think they care about polluting rivers in ...
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  • Grace 8 years ago

    This all due to these cheifs and queen mothers illiteracy. The have no idea of the consequencies. I dont know why the government and Asantehene step in to stop these activities. God help us all.

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
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  • Prof Tom Buabeng 8 years ago

    There are no laws in Ghana to protect property. The lawyers condone with people to plunder
    other peopl's properties, especially lands. It's no wonder that Chinnese have joined the fray to destroy Ghana's land. Ghanaians mus ...
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  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
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  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
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  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
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  • mopo 8 years ago

    Tell Akufo ADDO bring the DRILL SHIP money ...nonsene.

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • martin 8 years ago

    it's sometimes painful to be a Ghanaian.

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Torgbi 8 years ago

    when ghana and ghanaians are blacklisted in china against everything in china, they are in ghana ruining our land? all because of incompetent mahama and NDC government. go to everywhere in china, show ghana passport or claim ...
    read full comment

  • Concerned 8 years ago

    Or maybe I should say our president is on vacation. A perpetual one. If a president wants, this illegal activity can be stopped within 24 hrs. A donkey however wouldn't know what to do

  • Concerned 8 years ago

    These Chinese activities will kill the local inhabitants who live in the River Tano Basin .. through pollution poisoning. Do Ghanaians know about the Chinese and pollution?

  • Ed 8 years ago

    I can't believe that our people don't value their lives? How on earth should we sell our lives to these Chinese for some peanuts? Who will stand up and fight for us?

  • United Ghana 8 years ago

    Ed, "who will stand up and fight for us", you ask. Certainly not our political and tribal leaders. It's time for the good people of Ghana to assert their power directly.

  • Agenda 2016 8 years ago

    I blame our President and his government. If they were "serious", they would have put in place strict laws that would jail local chiefs and officials who collude with these Chinese (and other foreigners) and Ghanaians who pol ...
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  • KUDJO ASIEDU 8 years ago

    Ghana people cannot reason why ?. How can you allow Chinese crooks to exploit your resources, you will leave to regret one day. Can you do so in China even they have no regard for you as a human being......................

  • Ali 8 years ago

    the Okyehene will use the money from the illegal mining taking place behind his palace to build roads and schools for his subjects.

  • a.k, amsterdam 8 years ago

    I always felt pity for my country when I heard foreigners destroying our environment. Due to corruption, our leaders are no more respected even by foreigners. The whole world it is only in Ghana foreigners doesn't regard the ...
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  • Ghfuo 8 years ago

    CANT YOU TAKE A GUN AND SHOOT THESE CHINESE ONE BY ONE? IF YOU DONT STAND UP FOR YOURSELF. EVEN GOD WONT STAND UP FOR YOU...

  • Nii Joromi 8 years ago

    Can the villagers shoot these wicked people on sight? That is the only language they would understand.

  • Nii Joromi 8 years ago

    These same stupid traditional elders encouraged slavery. The chinese give them peanuts and poison their drinking water. How stupid can some Africans be in this day and age.

  • ABRAHAM 8 years ago

    IT A SHAME GHANAIAN LEADERS CONTINUE TO ALLOW THIS WAY OF BAD DECISION CONRINUE TO RUN IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF LOOT TO SHARE MENTALITY

  • abba 8 years ago

    FIGHT WITH THEM TO TEACH THE MAHAMA LED NDC A LESSON. AFTER LOOTING THE NATION'S COFFERS THIS USELESS GOVERNMENT HAS BROUGHT THE CHINESE INVADERS TO DESTROY OUR LAND AND OUR RIVERS.

  • Tell the thruth 8 years ago

    Take these Chinese and their Ghanaian colaburators one by one guerilla style and the damage been done to our rivers will stop .

  • good 8 years ago

    Ghanians are soo stupids we will end up in slavery.Chinese really..... what is wrong with everybody in our nation.God help us.

  • Freeman 8 years ago

    Stop the mining activities along the Tano River immediately and withdraw the mining licenses of the reckless Chinese miners. Water is a basic necessity of all the communities in the Tano basin. We should not allow a few selfi ...
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  • dannet 8 years ago

    hmmm. so what is wrong with the blackman?
    I weep for our dear nation.

  • A Richard 8 years ago

    What are we hearing and reading can President Mahama and his Ministers go to China and destroy Chinese rivers in search of Gold and Diamond time will tell. Ghannian's will take the law into their own hands one day.

  • Saint 8 years ago

    The chief and the elders knew something about it they are just playing innocent

  • nana 8 years ago

    Oh my God

  • nzema 8 years ago

    is not abt chinese is abt stupid ghanaians leaders

  • Think about it 8 years ago

    I feel despondent and sick in my stomach, how Ghanaian can sit down for this money and power hungry nation of China to invade Ghana and other African countries. I WEEP / WAIL for GHANA and AFRICA, I cry a CRY of desperation a ...
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  • Frank 8 years ago

    So the people there want President Mahama to come drive away the Chinese. Don't they have sense to act? Where are their chiefs and the rest? What a country.

  • HAWA YAKUBU 8 years ago

    Look here guys i am not sure why these Chinese are allowed to do what is happening in the country now. The older people want to destroy Ghana before they die. Can they do some of the things they in China. Go back to China and ...
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  • Damango 8 years ago

    I don't know where to begin? Only in Ghana do we see lawless foreigners breaking every law and we do nothing. The damn security forces, (IGP,BNI) police, army, navy etc. can't do shit to protect law abiding citizens. Ful ...
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  • Campus Ministry Report 8 years ago

    What traditional rites would people be performing, other than the sacrifices of animals and the pouring of libation, all in the name of appeasing a god.
    How ignorant!

    Our water bodies are being destroyed. Come to think of ...
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  • Ibn Batuta 8 years ago

    To allow foreigners to drill and pollute your lands and rivers is really troubling. Nobody seems to be in charge therefore foreigners have taken over our lands and seas. The mining and oil industries are both dominated by for ...
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  • FOOLISH NDC 8 years ago

    Foolsfools ghanaians are fools foolishness people why selling everything to outsiders? Majestät us fools

  • Nii Lartey Nartey. 8 years ago

    For the fact that the President has his own town Bimbilah firmly in the hands of the criminal Chinese gold diggers outrageously destroying the natural environment without any control, any such reportage is just a waste of ene ...
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  • Kwesi Baidoo 8 years ago

    Work must stop

  • Adwoa 8 years ago

    Why have they allow this Chinese or foreigners to practice this illegal mining? Can any ghanaian go to China and practice that? No that will never happen. Please let us use this platform to make our leaders aware of this. The ...
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  • Kwaku A. 8 years ago

    China would never permit Ghanaians to visit their country let alone do any work. But we; stupid Ghanaians; allow chinese to invade our country to freely do whatever work they want, to the extent of destroying our land. Are we ...
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  • YENDI BOY 8 years ago

    DIDN'T INUSAH FUSEINI TAMALE SOUTH MP PROMISED THAT WAS THE END OF ILLEGAL MINING DURING HIS TENURE AS A MINISTER? OMG

  • Elmina Dame 8 years ago

    What is the army for if not to defend our country against foreign invaders? Send in the army to round up all these illegal miners and if they are armed and resist, fight fire with fire. What are waiting for?

  • Joel 8 years ago

    Hier again another proof Ghana is a failed state

  • Last warrior 8 years ago

    They been arrested and freed for even owning illegal guns,they take our money and later lend us our money and our leader sit and enjoy the left overs.sorry brothers that's the fact

  • Sammy Du 8 years ago

    With the right system of government in Ghana like the Switzerland type with all the political parties having a hand in at the same time.These unfortunate things can be avoided.The Swiss system of government is good for Ghana. ...
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  • don 8 years ago

    Oh ghana we want the president to deal with issue at the district level, where there are a lot of leaders are. So can't the DCE take a bold decision or is only interested in collecting toll at market and toilets. Does need to ...
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  • Grace, usa 8 years ago

    DO WE HAVE LEADERS IN GHANA? HOW CAN GHANAIANS BE SO STUPID TO ALLOW THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN? CAN ANY AFRICAN GO TO CHINA AND TRANSACT SUCH A BUSINESS THERE TO THE DETRIMENT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT? WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT, THE MIN ...
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  • Louis 8 years ago

    So, does it mean we have no government in Ghana to weed out these Chinese illegal miners once and for all? What a shame? I am disappointed in this government.

  • A tenni yuunnesu 8 years ago

    Ti is a culture in the ALAN community to turn a blind eye on the suffering of own their people

  • Ghanaman THE REAL 8 years ago

    I was under the illusion that we had solved this illegal mining menace, especially the despicable involvement of the Chinese! Do we ever learn any thing at all!! Who allows these Chinese into Ghana in the first place?
    Can so ...
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  • Amega 8 years ago

    I am really mad. Who invited these Chinese over here? and who gave them the concession? What at all is wrong with the Ghanaian?

  • Grace Divine Jesson. 8 years ago

    Mahama should deal with Chinese evil against Ghanaians but President Mahama has rather released more armed robbers from prison into the society. He has no vision of leading Ghana.

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    We live in our own country and are tormented by Fulani herdsmen. We live in our own country are tormented by Chinese illegal miners. Does Ghana have any leadership at all? Where will this be allowed in this whole wide world?

  • jaro 8 years ago

    Tell these near human creatures called Chinese to go home. They have invaded Africa to plunder our natural resources. ....they stink and are extremely exploitative.

  • james 8 years ago

    The only people responsible for this disgraceful act are the DCE and the chiefs themselves. They have their share and can never denied knowledge of the mining activities. The scale of corruption of leaders is so unimaginable. ...
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  • Wilhelm Agbeli 8 years ago

    Can any person much more a Ghanaian do this in China?

  • Alhaji A Brutus Germany 8 years ago

    Where is the ugly Asiedu Nketia and Yaw Boateng GYAN?Now it is your region which the Chinese are destroying while you sit on the fence,animals very soon your time will be over and i swear you will smell pepper,

  • damion 8 years ago

    they are building buildings. have construction companies with ONLY chinese people.. they have colluded with chiefs to mine illegally, paying the chieves and the appointed officials "something small". The damage they have caus ...
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  • OZA 8 years ago

    Here we go again! same thing happened in the Akim area. They destroyed the Birim river including the Kibi township but the Okyehene at the time claimed that he did not know anything about what was happening in his own backyar ...
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  • Owura Kofi 8 years ago

    Oh Ghana! My heart is bleeding. What kind of human beings are we at all?

    What's happening in Ghana and Africa, for that matter, CANNOT happen anywhere else.
    That's what happens if you have visionless, inept, and corrupt b ...
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  • KB 8 years ago

    God save our country Ghana, the Asian dragons again,Prah, Offin,Ankobra and the rest had got their fair share of the polutions. Mr Kwaku Ben don't wait for government, you and your guy should fight hard expels Asians from Gh ...
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