South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

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South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...

ACCRA, Ghana -- Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana, the West African country's military said.

Government is being urged to adopt a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder strategy to tackle the underlying causes of illegal mining, following recent deadly clashes on concessions of some Ghana Chamber ...

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Alliance has called on President John Dramani Mahama to issue an urgent directive that immediately halts all illegal mining activities across the country ...

He said the people had not been armed. Earlier, Ghana's armed forces said that about 60 illegal miners carrying locally manufactured rifles and other weapons breached the mine's security fence at ...

Authorities believe that one of their own may have been involved in the escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin, ...