A worker holds gold ore at the Wad Bushara gold mine near Abu Delelq in Gadarif State, Wad Bushara, Sudan, yesterday. Sudan exported $2.2 billion (€1.7 billion) worth of gold last year and hopes to produce around 50 tonnes of gold this year, which would potentially make it Africa’s third-largest gold miner and push it into the top 15 producers globally.

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