SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - South Kordofan anti-mining protesters clash with security forces

6/10/19: Radio Dabanga - South Kordofan anti-mining protesters clash with security forces

 Radio Dabanga reports that angry demonstrators torched the offices of gold mining companies in the neighbourhood of Talodi in South Kordofan, also attacking a Rapid Support Forces base. One militiaman was killed and others were wounded, alongside protesters.

 The protestors burned the offices Al Junaid Company of the UAE, of which the RSF commander Himedti, has holdings. They also torched the El Sunut plant belonging to the Security Operations Corporation set up by members of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) during Al Bashir’s regime, and the El Ein El Zarga Plant, also owned by former NISS officers.

 In early September, various localities in South Kordofan witnessed almost daily mass protests and sit-ins against the use of toxic substances in gold mining, after environmentalists reported the death of a large number of livestock and birds.