The Saint Thomas Cathedral at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region has lined up series of activities to mark 30 years of becoming a diocese. The church, which attained a Diocesan status in March 1995, has ...

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.

ACCRA (Reuters) -A Ghanaian small-scale miners' association on Sunday said soldiers killed nine unarmed people at an AngloGold Ashanti mine on Saturday night, while the army said seven illegal miners ...

Catholic Voices GH, a choral group under the Catholic Church in the Adansi district of the Ashanti Region, has honoured seven ...

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.

DCOP Emmanuel Teye Cudjoe has been appointed the new Ashanti Regional Police Commander. He replaces DCOP Frank Abrokwa, who ...

A deadly confrontation between soldiers and illegal miners at the AngloGold Ashanti mine at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, left seven people believed to be illegal miners dead. The incident ...

At least seven people have been killed in a clash with soldiers on duty at a mine in the central Ashanti region, according ... there were protests in Obuasi town where several buses were set ...

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 ...

AngloGold Ashanti is headquartered in the United States but has secondary listings in Ghana and South Africa. In Ghana, alongside the Obuasi mine, it also owns the Iduapriem mine southwest of the ...

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 ...

An incident at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana's Ashanti Region has reportedly resulted in the deaths of seven individuals, according to the Ghanaian army. The Ghana National Association ...