Malik Adama, a member of the National Communications team for the ruling National Democratic Congress and a former parliamentary aspirant for the Okaikwei North Constituency in the Greater Accra Region,

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.

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.

Both private and public schools in both Obuasi and Obuasi East municipalities have been temporarily closed down amidst the escalations. Students and teachers of these schools have been asked to stay home for two days until tempers are calmed.

Students in public and private schools across Obuasi in the Ashanti Region will miss classes for the next two days due to escalating tensions in the gold mining town .

Six of the victims of the January 18 clash between some suspected illegal miners and the military at Obuasi were buried after violence at an AngloGold mining site.

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 of Small Scale Miners,

A confrontation at an AngloGold Ashanti mine in Ghana led to nine reported deaths and fourteen injuries, according to a miners' association. The Ghanaian military stated that the event resulted from a shootout with armed trespassers.

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 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.

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,

A miners' association said the victims were unarmed. The army said seven illegal miners were killed in a firefight.