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Sudan
Gold smuggling networks thrive

Having prospered under Bashir, gold traffickers are taking advantage of instability in the country, giving rise to a new gold rush. [...]

Published on 04.10.2019 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdalla Hamdok
Central Bank of Sudan
Hemeti
Managem
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
National Intelligence and Security Service
Omar al-Bashir
Rapid Support Forces
Salah el-Cheikh

Sudan
Sun Peak Metals, blocked by Tigray conflict, targets Sudan mineral resources

The Canadian junior is unable to explore its gold, copper and zinc project in northern Ethiopia because of the conflict there. Its boss recently met with mining authorities in neighbouring Sudan, which is riding high after the lifting of US sanctions and good news from the recent Paris conference on African economies.

Subscribers only Mining 09.06.2021

Sudan
Vested interests in play as Sudan sits on its hands over gold smuggling

As it negotiates to re-establish relations with the International Monetary Fund, Sudan is under pressure to better control its gold exports. The trouble is, the yellow metal's leading dealers sit on the ruling Sovereign Council.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 28.09.2020

Gold bars seized from a plane by Sudanese Rapid Support Forces at Khartoum Airport are displayed in an investigation into possible smuggling, in Khartoum, Sudan May 9, 2019.

Sudan
Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

In its drive to reform the Sudanese intelligence services and thereby curtail the power of this key cog in the regime of the ousted president Omar al-Bashir, the Khartoum government has deprived it of one of its principal sources of income:

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 06.05.2020

Sudan
Islamists cling to hope of return to power

On 14 January, a mutiny broke out at a base of the intelligence services (formerly the National Intelligence and Security [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.01.2020

Sudan
Hemeti sets himself up as guardian of the revolution

The ‘human rights' revolution in Sudan is experiencing a resurgence of violence - not according to the pattern of the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.01.2020

Sudan
Abdalla Hamdok forced to offer pledges to warlords

The disarmament drive launched by Khartoum is coming unstuck in Darfur, Kordofan and the Nuba mountains.

Subscribers only Politics 17.01.2020

Sudan
BadrEldin Abdelrahim Ibrahim takes over at CBOS

The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS), BadrEldin Abdelrahim Ibrahim, was recently promoted to governor in [...]

Subscribers only 27.12.2019

Sudan
Government ponders critical budget for 2020

As it was prior to the revolution, the Sudanese economy is still in the doldrums. Disposable income has shrunk and [...]

Free access Politics 27.12.2019

Sudan
Major overhaul of security services

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is determined to bring the NISS back into the government fold and to keep it on a tight rein.

Subscribers only Politics 27.12.2019

Sudan
RSF come out on top in army restructuring

The stated aim of the restructuring of the Sudan Armed Forces is to purge it of Muslim Brotherhood's allies but [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2019

Spotlight | Sudan
Brussels diagnoses its Sudanese patient

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has gained exclusive access to the findings of the European Union (EU) delegation that visited Khartoum from 30 to 31 October to assess the situation and the needs of the government of Abdalla Hamdok.

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2019

Abadalla Hamdok, Sudan's Prime Minister, can rely on EU's support.

Sudan
Major purge of Sudanese army

According to our sources, the head of the Sovereign Council [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.11.2019

Spotlight | Sudan
Balance of power in Khartoum swings to Cairo-Abu Dhabi-Riyadh axis

Building on the meeting organised on 17 May by the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs Tibor Nagy, on 21 June Berlin will host diplomats from the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, the Intergovernmental Authority [.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 07.06.2019

General Mohamed Hamdan Dalgo aka Hemeti, head of the RSF and VP of the Transitional Military Council

Sudan
Managem's gold exports back to square one

Moroccan mining group Managem had only just settled the matter of its gold output exports with Khartoum when the Sudanese [...]

Subscribers only 21.05.2019

Sudan
Hemeti, kingmaker or future king?

The head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF, formerly the Janjaweed), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, has powerful resources at [...]

Free access Defence, Politics 10.05.2019

Spotlight | Sudan
‘The Fall of Political Islam', Act One

With the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir on 10 April, the Muslim Brotherhood has lost Khartoum. But the deep state is well-anchored and will not be washed away so easily, not least because it is being buoyed up by the United [.

Subscribers only Politics 19.04.2019

Mohamed Hamdan Dalgo ( left), facing Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of TMC, is appointed as his n°2.

In Focus | Chad, Libya, Sudan
Rebels and military caught up in Tibesti gold fever

Since the start of the year, the Chadian, Libyan and even Sudanese armies have been carrying out offensives and counter-offensives against ephemeral rebel groups in the Tibesti desert in northern Chad. At stake are the gold seams running across the region which are being fought over by rebels and army officers alike.

Subscribers only Defence, Mining 08.04.2019

Tibesti, in northern Chad, is at the heart of the conflict between rebels and the military.

Sudan
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, former Janjaweed to protect EU

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander under the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), was [...]

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Islamists cling to hope of return to power

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Abdalla Hamdok forced to offer pledges to warlords

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Major overhaul of security services

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RSF come out on top in army restructuring

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Major purge of Sudanese army

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Managem's gold exports back to square one

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Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Niger
Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

Sudan
Gold smuggling networks thrive

Sudan
Sun Peak Metals, blocked by Tigray conflict, targets Sudan mineral resources

Sudan
Vested interests in play as Sudan sits on its hands over gold smuggling

Sudan
Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

Sudan
Islamists cling to hope of return to power

Sudan
Hemeti sets himself up as guardian of the revolution

Sudan
Abdalla Hamdok forced to offer pledges to warlords

Sudan
BadrEldin Abdelrahim Ibrahim takes over at CBOS

Sudan
Government ponders critical budget for 2020

Sudan
Major overhaul of security services

Sudan
RSF come out on top in army restructuring

Spotlight | Sudan
Brussels diagnoses its Sudanese patient

Sudan
Major purge of Sudanese army

Spotlight | Sudan
Balance of power in Khartoum swings to Cairo-Abu Dhabi-Riyadh axis

Sudan
Managem's gold exports back to square one

Sudan
Hemeti, kingmaker or future king?

Spotlight | Sudan
‘The Fall of Political Islam', Act One

In Focus | Chad, Libya, Sudan
Rebels and military caught up in Tibesti gold fever

Sudan
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, former Janjaweed to protect EU