Sandego.net – An airstrike in northern Sudan killed at least 72 artisanal miners on Saturday, marking another mass-casualty incident in a country where war, displacement and economic collapse have pushed many people toward informal gold mining.

Emergency Lawyers, a rights monitoring group, said the miners died when their area was struck. The group attributed the attack to the Egyptian air force, though that allegation could not be independently verified. Egypt’s military made no public comment, while the country’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for a statement.…