A miners' association said the victims were unarmed. The army said seven illegal miners were killed in a firefight.

ACCRA, Ghana -- Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana, the West African country's military said.

Kofi Adams, local chairman of the Ghana National Association of ... severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold mining site in the West African country's Ashanti Region.

Earlier, Ghana’s armed forces said that about ... is believed to have controlled operations at the illegal gold mine in South Africa.

Illegal and small-scale mining known as galamsey is contaminating the country’s rivers and soil, activists say.

Kofi Adams, local chairman of the Ghana National Association of ... severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold mining site in the West African country's Ashanti Region.

An incident at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana's Ashanti Region has reportedly resulted in the deaths of seven ...

ACCRA, Ghana — (AP) — 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 ...

Rescuers have hoisted illegal miners and several bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, where reports emerge that hundreds may be trapped and at least 100 may have already died. A ...