Illegal miners in Ghana have of late been occupying mining concessions belonging to orgnised corporate bodies and multinational companies. At lease 9 illegal miners have been reported dead within three weeks due to conditions under which they carry out mining activities. AngloGold Ashanti Ghana, whose concessions have been affected, has asked the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) [which] is part of the World Bank] to make an urgent order to compel the government of Ghana to use its authority to halt the invasions. Mrs. Hannah Owusu Koranteng-an Associate Executive Director of an NGO, WACAM, says the invasions are as a result of organised corporate bodies and multinational companies who come into the country as investors and mismanage mineral resources to the detriment of local people while regulators look on. 

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