A miners' association said the victims were unarmed. The army said seven illegal miners were killed in a firefight.

At least eight illegal miners were killed in Ghana overnight after clashes with soldiers guarding the AngloGold Ashanti mining site in central Obuasi, the army said Sunday.

Seven illegal miners were killed and one seriously injured during a gun battle with the troops in western Ghana, the military said.

An incident at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana's Ashanti Region has reportedly resulted in the deaths of seven individuals, according to the Ghanaian army. The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners,