SudanSudan’s $3.5 billion in gold exports has not lowered prices.
The pound keeps falling and poor households see no relief, while war spending takes priority.
Economist Haitham Mohamed Fathi says gold supplies 45-50% of exports, yet smuggling leaves no reliable output figures.
Fathi still calls the earnings a lifeline, if the government directs them properly.
The minerals ministry and central bank expect over 80% of gold earnings to enter banks.
How each outlet framed it
- Radio Dabanga leans critical
- contrasts the $3.5 billion gold export windfall with the collapsing pound and unchanged prices for ordinary households
Sources: Radio Dabanga