Sudan News » Northern News Sudan » Northern » Economy: In Sudan’s war economy, gold keeps flowing as miners risk mercury and collapse
DAGALO MAHAS, Sudan (AP) — The men carried metal detectors as they scanned a mountainous area in northern Sudan in search of gold. One man knelt to examine the ground with a digging tool for the ...
News Sudan » Northern » Economy: ‘Deadly hazards’: Behind Sudan gold mine collapse, a wartime desperation
Nearly 100 people have died in recent days in the scramble for gold, whose value has grown in a shattered economy.
News Sudan » Northern » Economy: How Sudan’s Economic Collapse Creates an Opening for China
Sudan’s prolonged civil war is a humanitarian disaster that’s left 400,000 people dead and 11 million displaced. The conflict has crippled the country’s economy, leaving some questioning the long-term ...
News Sudan » Northern » Economy: Unregulated gold boom triggers toxic crisis in northern Sudan safe havens
October 19, 2026 (ABU HAMAD) – An unprecedented expansion of artisanal gold mining in northern Sudan’s River Nile and Northern states has unleashed severe environmental and health hazards, as hundreds ...
News Sudan » Northern » Economy: South Sudan's economic stability very likely reliant on Chinese and Emirati activity but weakened by Sudan conflict
Political instability has worsened since the South Sudanese government announced in September 2024 that it was postponing the country’s first national elections until December 2026. China, Sudan, the ...