Air strikes hit gold mines near Sudan-Egypt border, killing dozens, miners say
Rights groups say the strike killed at least 72 miners and drove others from the site, while no one has claimed responsibility.
- Unidentified warplanes struck the Al-Aqeedat gold mine near the Sudan-Egypt border on Saturday, killing at least 72 miners according to The Emergency Lawyers. The attack drove thousands of miners to flee into the mountains.
- The same Al-Aqeedat site was hit in deadly June Raids, with survivors blaming Egyptian aircraft for those attacks. Previous clashes with Egyptian border guards killed nine miners in March.
- At least 20 wounded were treated at the Al-Ansari market following the strikes. Local volunteers are expected to attempt reaching miners who fled into the remote mountains.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and Sudanese authorities had not commented by Saturday night. Sudanese parties have called for inquiries into the strikes.
- Egypt has received more than US$50 billion in military aid from Washington since 1978, according to the State Department. The long-standing strategic partnership between the two nations shapes bilateral dynamics.
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Dozens injured near the border of the two countries – The attack is attributed to Egyptian fighters, without official confirmation from Cairo
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Dozens of people were killed in Saturday's airstrikes on a gold mine on the border between Sudan and Egypt. This was reported by Sudan Doctors Network, an association of medical professionals, among others.
A civil war has raged in Sudan for years. Now, a foreign power seems to interfere with Egypt. According to NGOs, fighter jets have attacked a gold mine in Sudan. There are very different information about the number of victims.
According to human rights activists, at least 72 people were killed by a gold mine on the Egyptian-Sudanese border. Egypt's air force was responsible for the blow.
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