{"id":178266,"date":"2017-05-22T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/northern-sudan-activists-insist-on-removal-of-gold-cyanidation-site\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:45:00","slug":"northern-sudan-activists-insist-on-removal-of-gold-cyanidation-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/northern-sudan-activists-insist-on-removal-of-gold-cyanidation-site","title":{"rendered":"Northern Sudan activists insist on removal of gold cyanidation site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On <\/strong><strong>Fri<\/strong><strong>day, <\/strong><strong>anti-cyanide activists in <\/strong><strong>Sawa<\/strong><strong>rd<\/strong><strong>a <\/strong><strong>in Sudan&rsquo;s <\/strong><strong>Northern <\/strong><strong>S<\/strong><strong>tate announced <\/strong><strong>their refusal<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>to resume negotiations<\/strong><strong> with the authorities a<\/strong><strong>fter <\/strong><strong>the<\/strong><strong>ir<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>three-week deadline for the dismantling of the <\/strong><strong>gold cyanidation site<\/strong><strong> expired.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For months, the people in Sawarda, Aru, Ashim, Kiweika, Abboud, and Wawa villages have been protesting the gold factory in the area, as they fear the effects of the use of cyanide, used to extract gold from ore, on human, animal, and environmental health.<\/p>\n<p>After they staged a protest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/northern-sudanese-demand-gold-cyanidation-site-removed\">on 8 April<\/a>, blocking the Dongola-Halfa highway, the Northern State authorities promised the immediate closure of the site.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yet, the plant has not been closed until now,&rdquo; Wael Hassan, the spokesman for the Sawarda &ldquo;Six-party Protest Committee&rdquo; told Radio Dabanga on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At a meeting on Friday, we confirmed that the state authorities renounced the decisions and the agreement signed with the Six-party Committee concerning the removal of the factory. Therefore we will not enter any new negotiation process with the state government on the site.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Committee will soon decide on new steps to be taken.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, anti-cyanide activists in Sawarda in Sudan\u2019s Northern State announced their refusal to resume negotiations with the authorities after their three-week deadline for the dismantling of the gold cyanidation site expired.<br \/>\nFor months, the people in Sawarda, Aru, Ashim, Kiweika, Abboud, and Wawa villages have been protesting the gold factory in the area, as they fear the effects of the use of cyanide, used to extract gold from ore, on human, animal, and environmental health.<br \/>\nAfter they staged a protest on 8 April, blocking the Dongola-Halfa highway, the Northern State authorities promised the immediate closure of the site.<br \/>\n\u201cYet, the plant has not been closed until now,\u201d Wael Hassan, the spokesman for the Sawarda \u201cSix-party Protest Committee\u201d told Radio Dabanga on Sunday.<br \/>\n\u201cAt a meeting on Friday, we confirmed that the state authorities renounced the decisions and the agreement signed with the Six-party Committee concerning the removal of the factory. Therefore we will not enter any new negotiation process with the state government on the site.\u201d<br \/>\nHe said that the Committee will soon decide on new steps to be taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northern Sudan activists insist on removal of gold cyanidation site - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/northern-sudan-activists-insist-on-removal-of-gold-cyanidation-site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northern Sudan activists insist on removal of gold cyanidation site - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Friday, anti-cyanide activists in Sawarda in Sudan\u2019s Northern State announced their refusal to resume negotiations with the authorities after their three-week deadline for the dismantling of the gold cyanidation site expired. 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