Dozens of grieving families gathered at the Obuasi Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region to solemnly bid farewell to their loved ones killed during a violent clash with the military.

Obuasi mourns, and so should the rest of Ghana . Seven vibrant lives, cut down in their prime, have become the latest reminder of the fragility of human worth in a nation that once proudly championed its commitment to human rights .

A lecturer at the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), Prof. Yarhands Dissou Arthur, believes the killing of seven illegal miners by soldiers at the Anglogold Ashanti mine in Obuasi was due

Dr Frank Amoakohene, the Ashanti Regional Minister designate, has appealed to residents of Obuasi to remain calm, as government engages stakeholders to investigate the shooting to death of some illegal miners in the town by soldiers.

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.

Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister of Finance, Dr . Cassiel Ato Forson, has expressed profound regret over the tragic clashes in Obuasi that claimed the lives of nine small-scale miners and left several others critically injured .

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has assured Ghanaians that President John Dramani Mahama's directive for an impartial investigation into the recent Obuasi incident will be carried out swiftly and transparently.

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered an immediate investigation into the violent clashes at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Gold Mine that left eight miners dead and others injured

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 scores injured.

President John Mahama ordered a probe into the clash between illegal miners and soldiers protecting AngloGold Ashanti Mines that left at least seven dead.

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,

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Member of Parliament for the Juaboso Constituency in the Western North Region, has been nominated as Ghana's Minister-designate for Health.