Gold Miners on Egypt-Sudan Border: Security Risks, Tangled Ties

Egypt’s military rolled out a three-phase crackdown on illegal gold mining along the Sudanese border between June and October as the practice spread, before reports emerged from Sudan of a bombardment that killed and wounded miners in the border area. Egyptian military and strategic affairs experts told Asharq Al-Awsat that the prospectors, known locally as “dahaba,” threaten stability and nationa