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 community clashed violently with military personnel when they allegedly breached the security fence at one of the mining concessions of AngloGold […]
Eighty-six illegal miners who entered the underground of Obuasi Mine of Anglogold Ashanti in Ghana have been arrested by the police. They were all picked up when they exited the underground through one of the main shafts of the mining company into the waiting arms of the police and security personnel of the biggest gold […]
AngloGold Ashanti Limited has announced that underground operations at its Obuasi gold mine in Ghana are expected to resume in mid-October. The mining company had suspended underground activities at Obuasi in May following an accident. AngloGold in a news release issued on Thursday said for the remainder of this year, underground ore will be used […]
A Police Inspector identified as Godwin Mensah stationed at Agona Swedru in the Central Region but currently with Operation Vanguard team at Obuasi has been arrested for leading his colleagues to rob a gold dealer. The Police Inspector was reported to have embarked on the operation alongside one unidentified Lance Corporal and a taxi driver […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has re-opened the Anglogold Ashanti gold mine in Obuasi, which had been effectively closed since 2014, in fulfilment of a campaign pledge he made to the people of Obuasi on 15th July, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 general elections. Addressing the Chiefs and people […]
Residents of Tarkwa in the Western Region are up in arms against government for failing to fulfill promises of providing them with good roads. Some youth from the area, joined by their chief burned car tyres and chanted war songs to register their displeasure when the Lands and Natural resources Minister including some officials went […]
