Algeria releases Sudanese miners

Sudan’s Foreign Minister, Ibrahim Gandour, told the Sudanese Parliament on Monday that Algerian authorities have released 225 Sudanese traditional miners.

The miners were detained for several months after they illegally entered Algerian territory across the border with Libya, Niger, and Mali, and started work in the mines.

Last week, Adam Yousif Mohamed Nureldin, a Member of Parliament of the constituency of El Fasher rural area, reported to Radio Dabanga that one of his relatives and five others were detained by Algerian authorities, who have confiscated their vehicle.