Some Chinese illegal miners have invaded Kwahu and its environs in the Eastern Region after they were chased out of the Western and Central Regions by government task force on illegal mining. Some excavators and small scale mining equipment have been assembled in the area. The Gyaasehene of Oboo Kwahu, Nana Dr Okra Baadu III, who revealed this to Onua …

At least 30 people were killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Afghanistan in the latest tragedy to strike the war-torn country. Another seven were injured in the incident on Sunday in Kohistan district of Badakhshan province, district governor Mohammad Rustam Raghi told the AFP news agency. Villagers dug a 60-metre (200-feet) deep shaft in a riverbed to search …