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Sudan's gold production declines amid war

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 the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), compared to 18 tons in 2022.

"The total gold produced by the corporate sectors reached two tons during the period from April 15 to the end of August 2023," Miqdam Khalil Ibrahim, assistant to the director general of Sudan's Mineral Resources Company, said in a statement.

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