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.
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has condemned the violent clashes between members of Operation Halt II, a military taskforce and some youth of Obuasi that resulted in the tragic loss of lives late Saturday,
The families of nine local miners, who tragically lost their lives in a violent confrontation with military officers at the Anglogold Obuasi Gold Mine, gathered at the Obuasi Government Hospital on Monday to claim the bodies of their loved ones .
ACCRA, Ghana -- Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana, the West African country's military said.
Soldiers killed seven people during a clash with illegal gold miners at the Obuasi mine in Ghana. The incident sparked an official investigation and apology from the government. AngloGold Ashanti, the mine's owner,
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,
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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.
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A miners' association said the victims were unarmed. The army said seven illegal miners were killed in a firefight.
Bonsu, has expressed disappointment in former President John Dramani Mahama for not condemning alleged attacks on state properties by NDC-affiliated youth following the 2024 elections .