The Egyptian Armed Forces announced that personnel from the military and civilian police are continuing the third phase of an expanded campaign to combat illegal gold ore prospecting in the Eastern Desert Details:

The statement followed media reports alleging that an airstrike had targeted illegal artisanal miners near the Egypt-Sudan border, killing dozens. Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan ordered an investigation into the incident to establish the circumstances surrounding it.