Gold miners abducted in North Darfur

23/11/2013 02:01

Militiamen abducted six persons from the gold mining area of Jebel ‘Amer, El Sareif locality in North Darfur on Wednesday and took them to an unknown destination. One of the relatives of the abductees said that militiamen “raided six people inside camp Jebel ‘Amer by force of arms”. The militia might have been after the money that the people, allegedly gold miners, had earned after selling an amount of gold to a trader in Jebel ‘Amer, according to a witness. Jebel ‘Amer gold minesIn January 2013, the Sudanese Ministry of Minerals has confirmed the existence of 4,000 gold mines in this region, which produce 15 tons of gold per year at the rate of 70kg a day.File photo: Children work in the processing site at a gold mine in South Sudan (by Marcus Bleasdale / Human Rights Watch) Related: Another gold miner killed in N Dafur (21 August 2013)

Militiamen abducted six persons from the gold mining area of Jebel ‘Amer, El Sareif locality in North Darfur on Wednesday and took them to an unknown destination.

One of the relatives of the abductees said that militiamen “raided six people inside camp Jebel ‘Amer by force of arms”. The militia might have been after the money that the people, allegedly gold miners, had earned after selling an amount of gold to a trader in Jebel ‘Amer, according to a witness.

Jebel ‘Amer gold mines

In January 2013, the Sudanese Ministry of Minerals has confirmed the existence of 4,000 gold mines in this region, which produce 15 tons of gold per year at the rate of 70kg a day.

File photo: Children work in the processing site at a gold mine in South Sudan (by Marcus Bleasdale / Human Rights Watch)

Related: Another gold miner killed in N Dafur (21 August 2013)