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 ...

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

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Ghana's military says that soldiers have killed at least seven people at a gold mine. The West African armed forces said Sunday that around 60 “illegal miners” carrying locally manufactured rifles and ...

Six of the victims of the January 18 clash between some suspected illegal miners and the military at Obuasi have buried after ...

At least eight illegal miners were killed in Ghana overnight after clashes with soldiers guarding the AngloGold Ashanti mining site in central Obuasi, the army said Sunday. Around 60 miners ...

Rescue operations were underway at a gold mine in South Africa’s North West province where hundreds of illegal miners have been underground for months. More than 50 bodies were brought to the ...

Authorities now hope to bring all of the miners out, they said. Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable ...