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.
Rescuers have hoisted illegal miners and several bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, where reports emerge that hundreds may be trapped and at least 100 may have already died.
Illegalmining is common in parts of South Africa, where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of informal miners to illegally enter them to try to find ...