Sudan sits on some of Africa’s largest gold reserves, with estimates suggesting the country could hold over 2,000 tonnes. But for many Sudanese, this wealth has brought little prosperity. Instead, gold mining has become a survival economy shaped by war, instability, and dangerous working conditions. Across parts of the country, thousands of miners continue to work in informal pits and remote desert sites, often with little protection or oversight. Their labor feeds a trade that continues even as the conflict devastates communities. Meanwhile, Sudan is facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with millions displaced and livelihoods collapsing as the war spreads. Sudan’s gold remains valuable. The question is whether the people risking their lives to extract it will ever benefit from that wealth. thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026…
