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Sudan Summons US Envoy over Draft Resolution to Sanction Darfur

Sudan Summons US Envoy over Draft Resolution to Sanction Darfur
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Sudan's foreign ministry summoned the US charge d'affairs in Khartoum on Wednesday over Washington's sponsorship of a draft UN Security Council resolution extending sanctions related to the Darfur conflict and adding restrictions on gold mining, Sudan's main source of income.

Sudan Summons US Envoy over Draft Resolution to Sanction Darfur

A 2005 United Nations Security Council resolution placed a travel ban and asset freeze on those "impeding the peace process" in Darfur and established the UN panel of experts mandated to monitor the arms embargo on Darfur.

Relatively, the foreign ministry said in a statement that the US draft extending the resolution included "unfair clauses" on gold mining in Sudan.

Gold has been the main source of income in Sudan since it became an oil importer when South Sudan seceded in 2011. The new nation took with it three-quarters of Sudan's oil output, the main source of foreign currency used to support the Sudanese pound and to pay for food and other imports.

Meanwhile, fighting in the country escalated in January when an unidentified group attacked a village, displacing large numbers of residents to a nearby town where they held protests that led to the closure of local business and schools.

According to UN estimates, the recent bout of fighting displaced 37,000 people, killed as many as 300,000 people, and set some 4.4 million people in need of aid. Although the killings have eased, the insurgency continues and Khartoum has sharply escalated attacks on rebel groups over the past year.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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