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Sudan protests over Egyptian authorities' arrest of Sudanese miners

Xinhua, December 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

Sudan on Tuesday protested to Cairo over Egyptian authorities' arrest of Sudanese gold miners from inside Sudan.

"We have addressed the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and informed it of our protest over the arrest of Sudanese miners from inside the Sudanese territories and treating them in an inappropriate manner," Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour told reporters Tuesday.

According to Sudanese media reports, the Egyptian army attacked a Sudanese gold mine at Wadi Al-Allaqui in Thuraira area in the Red Sea State, arresting 45 miners and confiscating an excavator.

In August 2015, the Egyptian authorities set free 37 Sudanese gold miners after holding them for five months on charges of illegal entry into Egypt.

The miners' possessions, including mining equipment and devices, with an estimated value of about 8 million U.S. dollars, were withheld.

The released miners, however, denied mining inside Egypt, saying that they were arrested inside Sudan. Endit