In Ghana, the controversy continues to grow, three days after the deadly incident in a gold mine in the Ashanti region. The exact circumstances of the tragedy during which at least seven people having illegally entered the mining concession were shot dead by the military, remain to be determined. However, this event reawakens old tensions between the large mining operations of the continent’s leading gold producer and local communities.
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Ghana: high tensions after the death of seven people who illegally entered a mine
