A miners' association said the victims were unarmed. The army said seven illegal miners were killed in a firefight.
Ashanti Region has gifted one of their best to represent them very well in the boat of President John Mahama .
The military’s murderous tactics in defence of the mining giant’s profits caused outrage, with people taking to the streets of Obuasi town in protest and setting fire to several buses.
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 ...
The Ghana Armed Forces said about 60 illegal miners, armed with among others things "pump action guns", had forced their way ...
Soldiers killed seven people during a clash with illegal gold miners at the Obuasi mine in Ghana. The incident sparked an ...
An incident at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana's Ashanti Region has reportedly resulted in the deaths of seven ...
Ghana's military says that soldiers have ... and other weapons breached the security fences of the Obuasi gold mining site in the Ashanti region on Saturday night. The intruders fired at a ...