Mining remains a source of fast profits and attracts many living in dire conditions in Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries. AFP
Gold mining residues are piled up near a residential area in the village of Banat, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. AFP
The four-year-old son of Awadya Ahmed, born blind and crippled, a handicap that she blames on a large mound of gold mining waste left near her house in Banat. AFP
Exposure to mercury, used to extract gold, poses particular risk to the nervous, digestive and immune systems. AFP
Exposure to mercury could be fatal, according to the World Health Organisation. AFP
Nafisa Ali Al Awad, 8, who is unable to walk or speak, a handicap believed to be caused by her exposure to gold mining residues, with her father. AFP
Gold mining residues near an agricultural field in Banat. AFP
Exposure to mercury also threatens the development of children in the womb and early in life, the WHO said.
AFP
Mining remains a source of fast profits and attracts many living in dire conditions in Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries. AFP
Gold mining residues are piled up near a residential area in the village of Banat, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. AFP
The four-year-old son of Awadya Ahmed, born blind and crippled, a handicap that she blames on a large mound of gold mining waste left near her house in Banat. AFP
Exposure to mercury, used to extract gold, poses particular risk to the nervous, digestive and immune systems. AFP
Exposure to mercury could be fatal, according to the World Health Organisation. AFP
Nafisa Ali Al Awad, 8, who is unable to walk or speak, a handicap believed to be caused by her exposure to gold mining residues, with her father. AFP
Gold mining residues near an agricultural field in Banat. AFP
Exposure to mercury also threatens the development of children in the womb and early in life, the WHO said.
AFP
Mining remains a source of fast profits and attracts many living in dire conditions in Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries. AFP
