An incident at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana's Ashanti Region has reportedly resulted in the deaths of seven individuals, according to the Ghanaian army. The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners,

Seven illegal miners were killed late on Saturday in a firefight with soldiers at an AngloGold Ashanti mine in Ghana, the West African country's armed forces said in a statement on Sunday.About 60 illegal miners carrying locally manufactured rifles and other weapons breached the mine's security fence at around 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) on Saturday and fired on a military patrol,

Eight persons are reported dead and several others injured after illegal miners clashed with a military detachment at one of the sites of AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine

At least eight illegal miners were killed in Ghana overnight after clashes with soldiers guarding the AngloGold Ashanti mining site in central Obuasi, the army said Sunday.

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

At least seven people have been killed in a clash with soldiers on duty at a mine in the central Ashanti region, according to the army. The Ghana Armed Forces said about 60 illegal miners, armed with among others things "pump action guns",