Sudan: Decimated Sudan Sugar Industry Faces Bleak Future

[Dabanga] Sudan -- Like other sectors of the Sudanese economy and its industrial institutions, the sugar industry has not been spared from the war that erupted on 15 April 2023. The devastation has particularly affected sugar production facilities, especially after the conflict spread to the states of El Gezira, White Nile, and Sennar, where five of the six operational sugar factories were located at the onset of the war. Two of these factories have been directly hit and sustained losses due to the war, while the remaining