The attacks occurred at a remote gold mine hundreds of miles from the front lines of Sudan’s devastating civil war. Videos showed what appeared to be Egyptian munitions.

The country was shaken after nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings. South Africans are demanding greater government intervention.

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With U.S. support, traders arrived and cut deals. That investment has so far failed to improve the bleak conditions in the mining industry.

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The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.

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