In May last year, Dabanga reported about an unusually high rate of cancer cases in the area of Wadi Halfa, near the Sudanese-Egyptian border.
A resident from the area attributed the problem to the use of cyanide by gold exploration companies in northern Sudan.
"Cyanide spreads through the air, and can reach places over a distance of 150km. This has caused the large increase of cancer cases, and the pollution of the water and the air, with the result that birds are dropping dead, and large numbers of dead fishes are now floating on the Nile," he said.
Three weeks ago, people in Wadi Halfa reported the mass death of fish in Lake Nasser.
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