«These here,» says Chairman Ghana, «are the pickings of the last few days.» He holds a box in his hand in which a dozen gold nuggets gleam. They are worth the equivalent of almost 2,000 Swiss ...

Back in Accra, one of just three of Ghana’s 16 regions that doesn’t produce gold, the anti-galamsey movement is gaining momentum even if the protests have died down as the election focus has ...

The illicit gold rush is being powered by surging prices — up by more than a third this year to a record-high of $2,787 an ounce in October — and willing buyers in Dubai and beyond.

Al-Hamdani, for example, describes Ghana as having the richest gold mines on earth. These were situated at Bambuk ... surrounding the King of Ghana The wealth of Ghana is also explained mythically ...