Sudan: Sudan’s Gold: A Wartime Refuge or a Smuggler’s Paradise?

Mar 15, 2026
Sudan Tribune
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As missiles arc across the Middle East and global oil markets tremble, a quiet frenzy has taken hold of the dusty gold markets of Khartoum. For Sudan, a nation already hollowed out by internal strife, the escalating conflict between Iran and the West is more than a distant geopolitical tremor. It is a moment of profound economic paradox in which the soaring price of gold offers both a lifeline to the state treasury and a lucrative windfall to the shadow networks that drain the country’s wealth.