Sudan: SPLM-N - Gold Potentially Ignites Fighting in Kauda and Blue Nile
[Ayin Network] Last Tuesday, a senior military and tribal delegation from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrived in the Nuba Mountains to help mediate deadly internal clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and local fighters from the Atoro community.
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrived in Nuba Mountains to mediate an ongoing conflict between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and local fighters from the Atoro community. The violence in Kauda and surrounding areas has resulted in over 500 deaths and displaced over 25,000 people, according to local tribal leaders.
Recent peace talks between the RSF and SPLM-N leaders have aimed to cease hostilities and resolve disputes over contested resources, namely gold. The RSF has taken control of several gold mines in Geisan and Kurmuk provinces, which have become flashpoints in the conflict. While gold has long been a resource with limited benefits for local communities, its control now coincides with the fluid military landscape controlled by competing armed groups.
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