SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Hemeti ‘set to hand Jebel Amer gold mines to Sudan govt’

16/12/2019: Radio Dabanga - Hemeti ‘set to hand Jebel Amer gold mines to Sudan govt’

Radio Dabanga cite independent Sudanese news website El Rakoba in reporting that Himedti has reportedly started arrangements to handover the mining areas in North Darfur’s Jebel Amer to the Sudanese government.

El Rakoba’s sources said that the move must be seen as a mark of Himedti’s support for Hamdok’s government. It was claimed that Himedti offered to handover the mines in October, but the announcement was delayed by legal and military reasons.

Mining revenues from Jebel Amer will enter the state budget from the beginning of the year 2020. The source added that Hemeti has contributed to solving the cash flow problem in Sudan by paying the full costs of printing new banknotes.