Egypt has deployed helicopters and snipers against fuel smugglers and people traffickers - but is turning a blind eye to gold ...

February 27, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – Gibril Ibrahim Minister of Finance and Economic Planning has pledged to develop new policies and mechanisms to tighten gold mining and export revenues. Sudan ...

A worker holds gold ore at the Wad Bushara gold mine near Abu Delelq in Gadarif State, Wad Bushara, Sudan, yesterday. Sudan exported $2.2 billion (€1.7 billion) worth of gold last year and hopes ...

Officials from Sudan's antiquities and museums ... Sudan is Africa's third largest producer of gold, after South Africa and Ghana, with commercial mining bringing in $1.2bn (£900m) to the ...

According to the ministry, there are over two million Sudanese employees in the traditional mining industry, generating 80 percent of the country’s gold. Currently, Sudan ranks third after Ghana ...

Gold bars seized from a plane by Sudanese Rapid Support Forces at Khartoum Airport, May 2019. [Reuters] Sudan's state mining services company said its gold production has dropped to two tons amid ...

At least 87 miners have died in South Africa’s illegal gold mine disaster, with over 240 survivors rescued. The death toll from a prolonged standoff between South African police and illegal miners ...

Sudan is Africa's third largest producer of gold, after South Africa and Ghana, with commercial mining bringing in $1.22 billion to the government last year. In the past, people also tried their luck ...

which is the key gold mining region in South Sudan, through the border into Kenya. Kapoeta produces about 20 kilos of gold daily, most of which ends up in Kenya and onwards to UAE. There are three ...

The recent Stilfontein disaster, claiming 78 lives, has exposed the devastating scale of South Africa's illegal gold mining ...

JUBA, South Sudan - After years of political turmoil, the Republic of South Sudan is set to start mining crude oil, a move that would significantly improve its economic fortunes and help streamline ...