Airstrikes at Sudan-Egypt Border Claim Lives of 72 Artisanal Miners

10/12/2026

The Egyptian army did not claim the strikes but said at the time that it had conducted a "large-scale operation" against illegal gold mining within its borders.

10/11/2026

At least 72 artisanal miners were killed in an airstrike in northern Sudan on Saturday, rights monitor Emergency Lawyers said on Sunday, in the second such incident in several

10/11/2026

At least 72 Sudanese artisanal miners were killed in an airstrike on Saturday, rights monitor Emergency Lawyers said. (Reporting by Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

10/11/2026

Dozens of miners have been killed in an airstrike in the border region between Sudan and Egypt, according to a human rights group.