Between Currency Collapse and Soaring Living Costs: How Sudanese Are Facing the Economic Fallout of War

Living pressures on citizens in Sudan are intensifying as the local currency continues to depreciate and prices of basic commodities — food and fuel — rise rapidly, in an economy ravaged by a war that has continued for more than three years.

The war has caused major disruptions to domestic production and trade chains, directly affecting markets' ability to provide basic goods at prices the average citizen can afford, amid a continuous decline in the purchasing power of the Sudanese pound.

Many Sudanese now find themselves caught between limited or interrupted incomes on one hand and rising prices for food and fuel on the other — a situation that compounds the suffering of families, many of whom have lost their primary sources of income due to displacement and the halting of economic activity across large parts of the country.

A Ravaged Economy

Analysts note that the conflict lasting more than three years has not only left its mark on infrastructure and security, but has extended to near-total disruption of the productive and commercial sectors that were central pillars of Sudan's economy before the war broke out.

Experts warn that the continuation of this situation without a clear horizon for a ceasefire or economic recovery could deepen the humanitarian crisis in the country in the near and medium term.