# Sudan factories struggle to restart after devastating wartime losses

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sudan-factories-struggle-to-restart-after-devastating-wartime-losses/
- Published: 2026-11-04T22:31:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T02:40:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/4/sudan-factories-struggle-to-restart-after-devastating-wartime-losses?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: World

## Key points

- War damage has hit about 1,800 industrial facilities in Sudan.
- Only a small share of factories are operating.
- Recovery depends on stability, infrastructure and reliable supplies.

## Summary

Sudan’s manufacturing sector is struggling to recover after extensive damage and looting during the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. The loss of factories and continuing barriers to production threaten jobs, local supplies and the sector’s role in the country’s economic recovery.

The Industry Ministry estimates about 1,800 industrial facilities have been damaged, including 650 completely destroyed. Fewer than 10 percent of factories are operating, often intermittently, amid shortages of electricity, broken transport and supply networks, high import costs and a lack of security and stable investment conditions. One sweets factory owner puts his losses at $1m and says the business is running at 40 percent of its former capacity.

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