“Gold coming from Sudan is conflict-affected, high-risk, and helping to destabilize the country’s main conflict-zones of Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan, according to this new Enough Project report. “Fool’s Gold: The Case for Scrutinizing Sudan’s Conflict Gold Trade” details how civilians living in communities near these Sudanese gold mining sites have suffered killings, mass rape, and the torching of their homes and fields at the hands of armed groups, including the Sudanese army and government-backed tribal militias. The report also calls for urgent action by the United States, the United Nations, and the international gold industry to red-flag and sanction gold from Sudan as conflict-affected.”
You may read an executive summary and download the report from the Enough Project internet site.