Ghana Security and Crime Explained
Ghana crime explained for US readers: who polices it, armed robbery down 5.1%, US$18.0 million in fraud losses, galamsey and...
November 12, 2026Topic
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Deaths Reported in Ghana Anti-Mining Clash
Residents and Ghana’s anti-illegal-mining task force clashed in Manso Keniago on 11 November. Reported deaths range from three to six.
November 12, 2026
Ghana Anti-Mining Clash Kills at Least 2
NAIMOS says two civilians died when its anti-illegal-mining task force met an armed crowd in Ghana's Ashanti Region. Residents say...
November 11, 2026
Illegal Miners Return to Flooded Ghana Town
Excavators are digging again near Samereboi's airstrip and the Tano River in Ghana, nearly five months after floods hit the...
November 10, 2026
Ghana’s Role in Africa Explained
Ghana's role in Africa explained: gold, cocoa and oil, the IMF exit and debt reset, the AfCFTA seat in Accra,...
November 8, 2026Ghana’s Illegal Gold Mining Explained
Galamsey is Ghana's illegal gold mining. See how it fouls rivers, what the state is doing, US$12.50 billion in gold...
November 6, 2026
Ghana Has Counted 8,578 Fibre Cuts This Year, and Paid US$20m to Mend Them
Ghana fibre cuts reached 8,578 in 2026 and cost operators more than US$20m, with road works behind 49% and illegal...
September 8, 2026
Ghana Has Lost 8,900 Hectares of Forest to Illegal Mining
Ghana illegal mining has affected about 8,900 hectares of forest reserve, and Cabinet has approved cutting large-scale mining leases from...
August 15, 2026