Eight US senators want Sudan sanctions extended to gold-extraction chemicals and gum arabic due diligence, days before the Security Council mandate
SUDAN · GEOPOLITICS
Key Facts
—Who wrote: Senator Chris Murphy led seven colleagues in a letter to the US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz.
—The core ask: They want Washington to push for additional Security Council measures limiting the money reaching the warring parties.
—Gold chemicals: The letter calls for international prohibitions on the sale of precursor chemicals used in certain forms of gold extraction.
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