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The management of AngloGold Ashanti has clarified media reports about some illegal miners who have allegedly been trapped in one of its mining shafts at Anwiam in the Obuasi East district. In a press release issued on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, the mining firm explained that the miners who used …

Wives and other relations of the over 300 illegal miners reportedly trapped in a mine shaft belonging to multinational mining giant AngloGold have besieged the site carrying for them to be rescued. A video shared by UTV showed several people, predominately women, crying behind a fence where they claimed their …

Seven galamseyers have been confirmed dead after an illegal small-scale mining pit in which they worked collapsed on them in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region. Currently, 17 others remain trapped under the debris, facing diminishing hopes of rescue. Local residents have stepped forward, employing all available means …

Firefighters from the Ejisu Fire Station were on Sunday, 14 May dispatched to respond to a twin accident and fire incident involving a Man Diesel Truck with registration number GA 5246 – 10 at Juaso Water Works in the Asante Akim South of the Ashanti Region. According to the Fire …

A church building at Old Bortianor has collapsed. The building, belonging to the Word in Action Church, is reported to have been a storey building with some church members inside. A video shared by UTV showed that the building had completely been brought to the ground. Some residents of the …

When Ahmed El-Badawy woke up to the sound of gunfire and heavy artillery in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, the Egyptian travel content creator did not think he would soon be stranded in a flat with little food or water and unable to leave. It was around 9 am on April 15 …

Several students have reportedly been trapped in an STC bus after an accident on the Accra-Kasoa Road, close to the Gomoa Buduatta junction. According to a news report by UTV, the STC bus, which had several students traveling to Cape Coast, somersaulted after it crashed into a speeding tipper truck …

A seven-storey building under construction has collapsed inside Banana Island, Lagos State.   The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon, April 12, while concreting was ongoing on the sixth floor.     A statement by NEMA said workers are trapped in the building and its officials are mobilising the response team to rescue …

Following heavy rain, a tragedy was narrowly averted at a collapsed gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo after nine miners emerged from the rubble. Footage shows the men crawling out of the narrow entrance after a man used his bare hands to clear away debris. A lack of …

Hatayspor’s Cameroonian midfielder, Kévin Soni has said that he survived the earthquake because of prayer. Soni, who is a Muslim, narrated that he had stayed up all night and decided not to sleep before his early morning prayers. He said he would have died if he had decided to take …