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Gold exports are helping to fuel the warring militias, causing untold misery to millions of civilians in Sudan (Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID)

Sudan gold smuggling poses EU questions on future reconstruction

Sudan's gold exports are financing its warring militias to the tune of billions of US dollars, posing questions to what extent the EU should help rebuild the country.

Last year, the Sudanese Armed Forces earned $1.6bn on gold exports, while the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took in $1bn.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Gold exports are helping to fuel the warring militias, causing untold misery to millions of civilians in Sudan (Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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