UK sanctions Sudan’s gold trade to cut off key war funding

Sudan El Obeid - (The UK government said Sudan’s gold industry had become the engine of the war economy,.)

The UK has imposed sanctions on 11 people and companies accused of profiting from Sudan’s illicit gold trade in a bid to cut off a key source of funding for the country’s civil war.

The measures target businesses and individuals linked to both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) the military factions fighting. It includes three state-owned mining companies and firms based in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong.