Emirati officials insist the operation is humanitarian. In 2022, the UAE imported 39 tonnes of gold from Sudan, worth more than $2bn. While gold import figures for 2023 and 2024 are unavailable ...

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 ...

A team of archaeologist inspects stones stacked up on top of each other to prop up a roof for a dining room to be used by gold hunters Sudan is Africa's third largest producer of gold, after South ...