Residents protest mining company activities in Sudan's River Nile state

 The materials used in traditional gold mining, such as cyanide, has also killed a number of animals in the area. The pollution caused by the use of cyanide and mercury in gold mining “constitutes the largest and most dangerous threat to the country’s environment”, a Sudanese environment protection expert told Radio Dabanga in 2017. 

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