Why the EU's sanctions on Sudan's gold trade are fundamentally flawed

Why the EU's sanctions on Sudan's gold trade are fundamentally flawed Submitted by Osama Abuzaid on Wed, 09/23/2026 - 08:41 Sanctioning bullion, while leaving much of the infrastructure facilitating its movement intact, risks treating the symptoms of Sudan's war economy rather than its architecture A group of armed defectors from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive in Omdurman, Sudan, 19 August 2026 (Ebrahim Hamid/AFP) Off For more than three years, Sudan has been trapped in a war that has shattered