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

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed ...

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

A confrontation at an AngloGold Ashanti mine in Ghana led to nine reported deaths and fourteen injuries, according to a ...

Soldiers killed seven people during a clash with illegal gold miners at the Obuasi mine in Ghana. The incident sparked an ...

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief as envoy to the alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signalling his administration's intention to mend ...

The Ghana Armed Forces said about 60 illegal miners ... He also disputed the allegation by the military that the people had been armed. The army said the "illegal miners were wielding locally ...

A combined force of military and police personnel arrived in Nkwanta on Friday, to restore law and order and quell the ongoing violence in the area. The deployment, which was witnessed by the Ghana ...

It showed that our military officers are somehow weak ... directly impacted by this incident,” the statement read. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), in a separate statement, said their personnel ...

The Acting Spokesperson to the President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has said that a joint team of personnel from the Ghana Police Service ... joint team of police and military were deployed to bring ...

A violent clash between illegal miners and military men guarding AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine ... as the police launches investigation into deadly incident. Meanwhile, the Ghana News Agency is ...