Sudan's Devastated Infrastructure: The Staggering Cost of Reconstruction After Two Years of War

Devastation in Khartoum

• 🏙️ Khartoum's business district, once lined with skyscrapers, is now reduced to skeletons after two years of civil war.
• 🔌 Nearly all of the city's key infrastructure is in ruins, with water stations looted for mechanical equipment and pumps.
• ⚡ Power plants have been gutted for parts, and all commercial centers distributing electricity have been destroyed, leaving not a single transformer intact.

Widespread Looting and Damage

• 💡 RSF soldiers have extensively looted infrastructure, searching for copper wire and even tearing cables from walls.
• ⛽ Oil production in Sudan has more than halved, and transformers were looted for oil, which was then used as fuel for cars.
• 🏥 Hospitals have been ransacked, roads and bridges are unusable, and the airport is completely burnt out.

The Immense Cost of Recovery

• 💰 Authorities estimate the damage to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
• 🏘️ Between two to three million people are looking at returning to Khartoum, highlighting the need to avoid creating another humanitarian emergency.
• 🌍 Aid groups describe Sudan as the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century after two years of war.
• ⚔️ Continued fighting and drone strikes on critical infrastructure make short-term recovery unlikely.