The rapid surge of illegal mining activities in Adaase, a farming community in Obuasi, has sparked growing fear and unease among residents, with concerns mounting over the potential destruction of key ...

Illegal mining has become a crippling burden on Ghana, wreaking havoc on the nation’s water bodies, land, and even claiming ...

The Ghana Armed Forces said about 60 illegal miners had forced ... Following news of the deaths, there were protests in Obuasi town where several buses were set on fire. Angry residents poured onto ...

Yarhands Dissou Arthur, believes the killing of seven illegal miners by soldiers at the Anglogold Ashanti mine in Obuasi was due to ... the statement read. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), in a ...

Hell broke loose at Obuasi, one of Ghana’s major mining communities in the Ashanti Region, on Sunday, January 19, 2025, when personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces clashed with some youth in the area.

has attributed the Obuasi killings to the country’s political structure and deep-rooted sense of entitlement in governance. According to Mr Braimah, Ghana’s political landscape has evolved ...

Obuasi Mine left seven people dead and saw the burning of vehicles in the confrontation in the Ashanti Regional town. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in a press statement revealed that the illegal ...

The High Court in Kumasi has ordered that the petition challenging the parliamentary elections in Obuasi East and Ahafo Ano South West be pasted on public notice boards ...

ACCRA (Reuters) -A Ghanaian small-scale miners' association on Sunday said soldiers killed nine unarmed people at an AngloGold Ashanti mine on Saturday night, while the army said seven illegal miners ...