The continued stay of Martin Ayisi, as the Minerals Commission’s (MinCom) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), is raising significant concerns within political and industry circles.

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.

Obuasi Mine left seven people dead and saw the burning of vehicles in the confrontation in the Ashanti Regional town. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in a press statement revealed that the illegal ...

“I am telling the youth of Ghana in Obuasi to enter the hole (AGA site). When you get up, storm there. Everyone should go and look for what to eat when you are hungry. You must be mad. Storm the ...

Ghanaian soldiers shot and killed nine “illegal” miners and severely injured 14 more at the Obuasi goldmine on Monday. The mine, Ghana’s largest, belongs to multinational mining corporation ...

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 ... copied to the Ghana ...

Ghana President John Mahama don direct say make di police investigate one deadly clash between soldiers and residents for Aglogold Ashanti im Obuasi gold mine wey kill eight pipo. Di clash happun ...

The Ghana Armed Forces said about 60 illegal miners ... Following news of the deaths, there were protests in Obuasi town where several buses were set on fire. Angry residents poured onto the ...

The remains of the dead have been deposited at the Obuasi Government Hospital’s morgue as the police launches investigation into deadly incident. Meanwhile, the Ghana News Agency is learning that ...

Kofi Adams, local chairman of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, told Reuters that nine people had been killed and fourteen severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold ...