EU Bans Purchase and Import of Sudanese Gold in Bid to Curb War Economy
EU foreign ministers said the measures target illicit gold financing and restrict mercury and cyanide used in Sudan's gold mining.
- On Monday, foreign ministers announced a ban on Sudan's gold trade and prohibited sale, supply, transfer or export of mercury and cyanide to Sudan, chemicals widely used for gold mining and exploitation.
- Illicit gold smuggling has fueled Sudan's three-year civil war since April 2023, with the Rapid Support Forces accused of funnelling gold to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya for weapons and mercenaries.
- A United Nations expert group report found RSF atrocities during an 18-month siege of El Fasher in Darfur bore 'the hallmarks of genocide,' language SAF leaders and Khartoum diplomats have used to pressure for increased sanctions.
- The sanctions stopped short of designating the RSF as a terrorist organization despite MEPs voting on July 9 to urge the designation, marking the first time Parliament specifically targeted the UAE's involvement.
- Parliament condemned the UAE as the RSF's primary financial backer, while civil society groups alleged Abu Dhabi's lobbying in Brussels successfully weakened criticism of its role in perpetuating Sudan's conflict.
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EU imposes Sudan gold ban but declines to sanction UAE-backed militia accused of ‘genocide’
EU foreign ministers have imposed a ban on Sudan’s gold trade in the bloc’s latest sanctions – as it seeks to block one of the main sources of funding for the central African country’s three-year civil war. The ban on the purchase, import or transfer of gold originating in Sudan, which was announced in a statement on Monday (13 July) ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels the same day, also bans the sale, supply, transfer or export…
EU bans gold imports from Sudan to curb money financing the war
BRUSSELS: THE European Union (EU) has banned the purchase, import and transfer of gold from Sudan, saying the trade has become a key source of financing for the country’s civil war that erupted in April 2023. The conflict between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, forcing more than 14 million people from their homes. Sudan is one of Africa’s largest gold pr…
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