Sources: BBC
The bodies of nine illegal miners trapped inside a gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, are recovered by police. 2025-01-16
Seventy-eight bodies of workers are retrieved from a closed illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa following a months-long siege by police. Over 200 survivors are arrested as they exit the mine. 2025-01-15
Nine Chinese nationals are killed and two others are injured when suspected rebels storm the Chinese-run Chimbolo gold mine in Ouaka, Central African Republic. 2023-03-19
Ghana and the International Monetary Fund agree on a three-year loan agreement worth US$3 billion. 2022-12-13
Voters in Ghana head to the polls to elect their president as well as the members of parliament. Current president Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party is expected to have a tight race with his most promising challenger, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress. 2020-12-7
Gunmen on motorbikes shoot Ghanaian investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale to death in Accra. Ahmed was a member of the Tiger Eye Private Investigations team that exposed high-level corruption in the Ghana Football Association. 2019-01-17
A large tree falls into a pool at the base of the Kintampo waterfalls in Ghana, killing at least 18 people and injuring 22 others. 2017-03-20
Emergency workers have recovered the final bodies from a collapsed gold mine in Colombia with 15 people recovered. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20150526-last-bodies-recovered-after-colombia-mine-tragedy-killed-15?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign (France 24)]date=August 2019 2015-05-25
Rescue workers attempt to rescue at least 15 gold miners trapped by floods in a mine in Colombia's Caldas Department. 2015-05-13
An Allied Air cargo plane crashes into a minibus after overshooting the runway at Accra's Kotoka International Airport in Ghana killing at least twelve people. 2012-06-2