Two years of brutal war have left Sudan’s infrastructure in ruins, with authorities estimating reconstruction costs exceeding $1 trillion.
Bridges lie in rubble, hospitals stand looted, and Khartoum’s skyline is a blackened shell of what once was a thriving capital.
Power outages stretch for weeks as drone strikes decimate energy stations and cripple the country’s only oil refinery, now damaged beyond use.
Even Sudan’s limited oil production has dropped to 24,000 barrels per day, forcing it to export crude while importing refined fuel.
The United Nations warns of cascading humanitarian disasters, including a fast-spreading cholera outbreak that has killed 172 people in just one week.
Health facilities have suffered $11 billion in damage, with most equipment looted or destroyed and few hospitals able to function.
The war between the General Abdel Fattah al Burhan backed army and the Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands and displaced around 13 million people.
Returning residents find homes vandalised and stripped of copper wire, while water stations are down and Nile water remains the only source for many.
Khartoum’s once-vibrant Nile Street is now a trench of plundered cable and ash—an emblem of a capital turned battlefield.
Electricity imports from Egypt are being increased, but officials admit the grid is close to collapse due to repeated strikes.
UN officials urge smaller-scale, decentralised projects like solar-powered pumps and rural clinics as immediate remedies.
“There is no large-scale plan,” said UNDP’s Luca Renda, “but there is hope for greener, more resilient rebuilding—if the fighting stops.”
