Rights group says Sudan border airstrike killed 72 miners
An airstrike on an artisanal gold-mining camp near the disputed Sudan-Egypt border killed at least 72 people and injured more than 50, a Sudanese rights group said, according to three international feeds. The group accused Egypt's air force, but the claim could not be independently verified and neither Egypt nor Sudan had commented.
Why it matters
The reported deaths risk widening regional tensions around Sudan's war and a remote border zone shaped by illicit mining.
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Part of the October 12, 2026 brief.