Sudan's gold industry has become the lifeblood of its war, with nearly all of the trade channelled through the United Arab ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) makes up the majority of the gold that Sudan produces, most of which ends up in the UAE, either directly or indirectly via neighbouring countries including ...

This week, one of the parties to Sudan's civil war proclaimed it had "freed" the country's capital, Khartoum. Meanwhile the other party fighting said it made gains in the west of Sudan, in Darfur.

Russia has long sought a naval base on the Red Sea near Port Sudan and at first backed both sides, hoping whoever the ...

RSF leader Hemedti became one of Sudan’s wealthiest men by seizing control of gold mines. Before 2019, Bashir hired the RSF to protect him from coups and assassination attempts. Despite this ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

But according to Sudanese officials, mining industry sources and Swissaid's research, nearly all of Sudan's gold flows to the UAE, via official trade routes, smuggling and direct Emirati ownership of ...