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Gold mines fuel new momentum for Cairo-Burhan joint force

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The Jabal al-Uqaydat mining site in Egypt, on 16 October 2026, where the remains of the victims of an air strike that killed several dozen people six days earlier are being recovered.
The Jabal al-Uqaydat mining site in Egypt, on 16 October 2026, where the remains of the victims of an air strike that killed several dozen people six days earlier are being recovered. © 2026 Planet Labs PBC/AFP

An air strike attributed to Egypt killed at least several dozen people on 10 October at the Jabal al-Uqaydat mine in the Halayeb Triangle, which is controlled by Cairo but claimed by Khartoum. Cairo has since been taking care to tread carefully with its Sudanese ally.

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