The military’s murderous tactics in defence of the mining giant’s profits caused outrage, with people taking to the streets of Obuasi town in protest and setting fire to several buses.

Over 5 million dollars of gold have been extracted from this river in initial years. The river’s tributaries, including Basin ...

Resource campaigners have alleged that illegal gold mining operations were championed by powerful political elites. The crackdown comes in the wake of a fresh ban on riverbed alluvial mining ...