“New Report: Fool's Gold - The Case for Scrutinizing Sudan's Conflict Gold Trade”

Gold coming from Sudan is conflict-affected, high-risk, and helping to destabilize the country’s main conflict-zones of Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan, according to a new Enough Project report by Policy Analyst Akshaya Kumar…[A] report, Fool's Gold: The Case for Scrutinizing Sudan's Conflict Gold Trade…provides an overview of conflict-affected gold in Sudan and offers policy recommendations, including urgent action by the United States, the United Nations, and the international gold industry…

The gold industry (including the OECD, CFSI, LBMA, DMCC, and RJC) should encourage greater due diligence in its processes by ensuring that Sudanese gold is labeled as ‘high-risk’ and ‘conflict-affected’ and tracing all gold coming from Sudan to its mine of origin to ensure that such purchases are not inadvertently fuelling war.