Eleven was killed in the gold mine of Sudan with the Civil War War Sudan war news

Seven workers were injured in the collapse, which occurred in an area controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces.

The partial collapse of the traditional gold mine in northeastern Sudan killed 11 deeds and wounded seven others, according to the State Mining Company, as a brutal civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF in its third year.

Since the war erupted in April 2023, war funds have been funded largely from both sides by the gold industry in Sudan.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company (SMRC) said that the collapse took place in a “craft column in the Kirch Al -Ful mine” during the weekend in the remote desert area in Hudi, located between the cities of ATBARA and Haiya in northern north northern Sudan.

SMRC said seven other workers were injured and taken to the hospital.

The company added that it had previously suspended the work in the mine and “warned of its continuous activity due to a great danger to life.”

According to official sources and NGOs, almost all gold trade is transformed through the United Arab Emirates, which was accused of RSF. The UAE denies that.

The war broke the fragile economy in Sudan. However, the army -backed government announced the production of standard gold of 64 tons in 2024.

The third largest country in Africa is one of the best gold producers on the continent, but the calculations of craft gold and gold mining on a small scale for the majority of gold extracted.

Unlike large industrial facilities, these mines lack safety measures and use dangerous chemicals that often cause large -scale diseases in nearby areas.

The collapse of mining is also common. Similar incidents in recent years include the collapse of 2023, which killed 14 mines and another in 2021, which killed 38.

Before the war, which pushed 25 million people to terrible food insecurity, the mining of craftsmen employ more than two million people, according to sources and experts of mining industry.

Today, according to these sources, a lot of gold resulting from both sides is smuggled to Chad, South Sudan and Egypt, before reaching the United Arab Emirates, the second largest gold source in the world.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Sudan, where more than 13 million people are currently being displaced in the world’s largest displacement crisis.

More than four million they have Overburden.

currently , SAF dominates the north and east of the country – Including the smallest state by the region, but the most populated population, Khartoum – along with some central areas. Meanwhile, RSF carries most Western Sudan, including most Darfur.