Energy and Mining Minister Ibrahim faces a big challenge to reform the gold industry. He Online Cigarettes Store USA said successive ministers failed to ensure concessions were awarded fairly and transparently, leading to corruption. "It's a mess," he added.
Finance Minister Ibrahim Elbadawi, who estimated Sudan needs up to $5 billion in international support, said the government will push to end monopolies in sectors including gold mining. Algunade's general manager Bakri insisted Algunade doesn't have market dominance.
For many Sudanese, Hemedti and his firm are symbols of the country's repressive past and economic Newport Cigarettes Shop inequalities.
One gold trader told Reuters how he stood up during an industry conference recently to complain that Hemedti's gold business had become too dominant. Two days later, he said, police hauled him to the prosecutor's office for questioning about his comments. His account couldn't be independently confirmed.
At the gold souk in downtown Khartoum, a large sign advertising Algunade blazes above rows and rows Cheap Newport 100s cigarettes of idle jewellery shops. Few Sudanese can afford to buy these days, said shopkeeper Mohammed Awad. When asked if gold exports had harmed his business, another trader pointed to the Algunade sign above him and said: "We hope that Hemedti will change his ways and keep the gold inside the country."