Ghana Explosion News Today

A truck carrying explosives collided with a motorcycle in western Ghana Thursday, causing an immense explosion and a huge "loss of lives", the Ghanaian president said.

The blast left a huge crater and reduced dozens of buildings to dust-covered piles of wood and metal in Apiate, near the city of Bogoso some 300 kilometres (180 miles) west of the mineral-rich West African countrys capital Accra.

At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town after a truck carrying explosives intended for a mine collided with a motorcycle.

ACCRA, Jan 21 — At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured in an explosion in western Ghana when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle, the minister for lands and natural resources, Samuel Jinapor, said today. The blast occurred yesterday in Apiate between the...

At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town after a truck carrying explosives intended for a mine collided with a motorcycle.

Rescue workers combed the site while excavators dug through the larger piles of dirt and debris.

Rescue workers combed the site while excavators dug through the larger piles of dirt and debris.