Khartoum / Jebel Amer — The Communist Party of Sudan has demanded the government take control the gold from the Jebel Amer gold mines in North Darfur as a national wealth. The party asserts that the gold "is currently outside the control of the government'.
At a press conference in Khartoum on Wednesday, party leader and economist Dr Sidgi Kaballo questioned who owns Jebel Amer, saying that gold production in the area reaches a tonne per day, but the production goes directly to the markets of Dubai and France.
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