<span style="color: #222222;">In Ghana, sixteen people were killed in an accident at a gold mining site. The accident happened in the Talensi area of the Upper East region early yesterday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Local government leader Christopher Boatbil told AFP news agency, adding that management of a local mining firm had also been arrested. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ghana is Africa's second-largest gold producer and exports of the yellow metal, along with other minerals and oil, drive the country's economy.</span>