Ghana Soldiers Kill at Least 7 People Described as Illegal Gold Miners
Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana, the West African country's military said. Ghana’s armed forces said Sunday in a statement on X that around 60 “illegal miners” carrying locally manufactured rifles and other weapons breached the security fences of the Obuasi gold mining site in the Ashanti region on Saturday night.
The tragic incident in Obuasi, which has been widely termed a massacre, has ignited intense public discourse .
Dozens of grieving families gathered at the Obuasi Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region to solemnly bid farewell to ...
Victims of the violent clash between some suspected illegal miners and the military at Obuasi have been laid to rest ...
A lecturer at the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), Prof.
Obuasi mourns, and so should the rest of Ghana . Seven vibrant lives, cut down in their prime, have become the latest ...
Ghana News Agency (GNA) on MSN1d
Ashanti Regional Minister-designate appeals for calm in ObuasiDr Frank Amoakohene, the Ashanti Regional Minister designate, has appealed to residents of Obuasi to remain calm, as ...
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has assured Ghanaians that President John Dramani Mahama's ...
A confrontation at an AngloGold Ashanti mine in Ghana led to nine reported deaths and fourteen injuries, according to a ...
Ghana News Agency (GNA) on MSN2d
Violent clash between military men and illegal miners leaves 10 dead at ObuasiA violent clash between illegal miners and military men guarding AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine’s concession at Cote D’or, a ...
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Chamber of Mines urges comprehensive approach to tackle illegal miningBy Kizito CUDJOEThe Ghana Chamber of Mines has urged the government to adopt a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder strategy to tackle the underlying causes of illegal mining, following the recent deadly ...
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