At least 72 Sudanese artisanal miners killed in strike, rights monitor says
Mohnd Blal/AP Reuters — At least 72 artisanal miners were killed in an airstrike in northern Sudan on Saturday, rights monitor Emergency Lawyers said on Sunday, in the second such incident in several months.
Miners use metal detectors to search for gold at an artisanal mining site in Dalago Mahas, northern Sudan, on May 7, 2026.
Northern Sudan has seen an influx of artisanal miners and makeshift gold mines as the country’s ongoing conflict disrupted other sources of livelihoods and gold became the key cash source for both warring parties.
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