Yarhands Dissou Arthur has described the killing of seven illegal miners by soldiers at the Anglogold Ashanti mine in Obuasi as an act of retaliation by the military. According to him, the ...

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 spokesperson to President Mahama, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has stated that the government is taking immediate steps to restore order in Obuasi following a violent clash between illegal miners and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr Frank Amoakohene, the Ashanti Regional Minister designate, has appealed to residents of Obuasi to remain calm, as ...

Ghana President John Mahama don direct say make di police investigate one deadly clash between soldiers and residents for Aglogold Ashanti im Obuasi gold mine wey kill eight pipo. Di clash happun ...

Six of the victims of the January 18 clash between some suspected illegal miners and the military at Obuasi have buried after ...

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 ...

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. Around 60 miners ...

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 ...