Gold remains central to Indian household finances, despite all the best efforts of the state.

The New York Fed’s vault remains the largest sovereign gold repository in the world, but recent withdrawals suggest that geopolitical considerations are increasingly tilting the balance toward domestic storage, even among longstanding US allies.

The RSF has leveraged a combination of territorial control and family-based corporate networks to create one of the richest statelets in existence, with geopolitical weight that extends far beyond Sudan’s borders.

Artisanal gold mining is known to be a driver of global conflict, and the stakes are rising as the precious metal hits all-time highs. The M23 conflict in eastern DRC shows how gold price and peace can be negatively correlated.

Both the SAF and RSF may accept a short-term truce owing to international pressure or tactical regrouping, but neither will make the concessions required for lasting peace. The current partition of Sudan is here to stay.

The fall of El Fasher was more than another battle lost. It marked the moment a war began to redraw Sudan’s map and, in many ways, its meaning.

Assessing how a recent renaissance in gold markets is impacting the BRICS countries' push for de-dollarization.

Gold has carried an intrinsic value since the dawn of human civilization, and there’s no reason to believe this value won’t come back into play in a post-US dollar global financial system.

Renewed violence between the Hema and Lendu tribes is drawing disturbing parallels to one of the bloodiest wars in Africa’s history.