Hundreds of thieves are spread across the industrial areas of the three capital cities, and they steal everything, including machines in factories and their parts, raw materials, productive stocks, and even building roofs and equipment. air conditioning and lighting, in a scene Khartoum has not seen in its 200+ year history.
Factories, banks and sectors linked to supply chains in the Sudanese capital are exposed to widespread looting and destruction in the absence of police forces on the streets.
Specialists have estimated the direct and indirect losses suffered by the industrial and banking sectors at around $4 billion. While casualties are expected to increase dramatically if the current war is not stopped.
According to Abdul Rahman Abbas, the former general secretary of the Federation of Industrial Chambers, the extent of the destruction to which the factories were exposed was unimaginable. He told the ‘Sky News Arabia Economy’ website, “Many businessmen lost their giant factories, which took decades to establish and huge sums of money were spent on them.”
He added, “The crisis is huge and will completely hamper industrial production, which will pose a threat to the supply of food and medicine in the short term, and lead to a significant drop in economic output.”
Abbas said the current destruction of factories will have dire consequences as thousands of families will lose their livelihoods as Khartoum’s industrial sector and associated supply chains absorb more than 100,000 jobs.
Hassan Bashir, a professor of economics at Sudanese universities, told Sky News Arabia that the current war has complicated the economic crisis in Sudan, which was already suffering from serious structural problems.
He explained that repairing the vandalism suffered by industrial sector facilities in Khartoum requires many years, especially in light of expectations that the banking sector will not be able to play its required role in the rehabilitation, due to of the weakness from which he suffered in the early stages. place, and is also affected by current looting and vandalism.
Sectors affected by sabotage operations included the food and pharmaceutical industries, industries related to auto parts and assembly, and other supply chains.
Signs of many crises have already started to appear due to the lack of production, as people queue for long hours outside bakeries and gas stations.
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