Students in both public and private schools in Obuasi in the Ashanti region will miss classroom hours amidst tensions in the gold mining town for the next two days. Some illegal miners in the ...

The death of seven persons in the clash between suspected illegal miners at Obuasi and state security officers stationed at AngloGold Ashanti has led to criticisms being directed at the host of ...

A violent clash between illegal miners and military men guarding AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine’s concession at Cote D’or, a popular area in the mining town of Obuasi has left 10 people dead with ...

The government has expressed deep regret over the death of eight people, said to be illegal miners, following a violent clash at a mining site at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. In response to the ...

Ken Ashigbey, convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, has called for an independent investigation into the Obuasi clash that resulted in the deaths of at least seven people.

It has taken me a lot to wrap my mind around the needless killing of eight or more Ghanaians in Obuasi. My condolences to the families, friends, and the larger Obuasi and Ashanti Region😭. We ...

A representative of the miners denied that they had been armed. Following news of the deaths, there were protests in Obuasi town where several buses were set on fire. Angry residents poured onto ...

A violent clash between soldiers and illegal miners, known as “galamseyers,” occurred at the AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine in Ghana’s Ashanti Region on January 18, 2025. The tragic incident resulted ...