Golden graveyard: with schools shut and farms ruined by war, about 4 million Sudanese now dig for gold in makeshift shafts with no protection. And they’re dying in large numbers. Sudan Gold Read our Report:

12 October 2026 Moataz Ismail had just left childhood, but he did not find himself in school, as one would expect for an eighteen-year-old; instead, he was inside a mine shaft more than 30 metres deep, carrying primitive tools, including “chips and hammers”, to break rocks in search of gold. Moataz was forced to leave…