"AngloGold Ashanti petitions World Bank body against Obuasi Mine invasion", 22 June 2016

AngloGold Ashanti Ghana 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 return peace and stability to the Obuasi Gold Mine...The process, known formally as a Request for Provisional Measures, is available to applicants seeking urgent relief in an ongoing dispute...A ruling would be expected soon after the Tribunal is constituted, which is anticipated later this year. AngloGold Ashanti Ghana is continuing to seek engagement with government at a local and national level, but these talks have thus far failed to yield meaningful sustained intervention by the authorities....Recently, AngloGold Ashanti Ghana announced the tragic death of nine illegal miners at the site in the past few weeks. Since then, there has been at least one other confirmed fatality, with continued reports of illegal-miner casualties...