Ten Chinese nationals arrested for allegedly conspiring to smuggle gold out of Ghana have been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Each of the accused—Wu Cheng Tei, Tang Da Tien, Wang Chun Ling, ...

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday launched a task force backed by security forces to address illegal gold trading, as Africa's top producer seeks to recover billions of dollars lost to ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana's president launched a special task force on Tuesday to combat rampant illegal gold mining and smuggling that has long plagued the West African nation.

Data from Ghana's central bank showed that total gold exports for 2024 stood at $11.64 billion, a 53.2% year-on-year increase which helped nearly double Ghana's trade surplus to $4.98 billion in 2024.

Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana, the West African country's military said. Ghana’s armed forces said Sunday in a statement on X that around 60 “illegal ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A newly created regulatory body for gold exports from Ghana announced Monday that foreigners would no longer be allowed to buy or trade artisanaly mined gold in the country ...