Three years into its civil war, Sudan has become unrecognisable with more than 40,000 people killed, about 14 million of its people – a quarter of the population – forced to flee their homes and civilian infrastructure across the country extensively damaged.“We are not just facing a crisis – we are witnessing the systematic erosion of a country’s future,” Luca Renda, the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP’s) resident representative in Sudan, told Al Jazeera.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listA report by the UNDP and the Institute for Security Studies lays out the scale of Sudan’s economic collapse since the war began in 2023 due to a power struggle between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Even under the most optimistic scenario of peace being achieved in 2026, Sudan would still lose an estimated $18.8bn in its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2043, the report said, illustrating just how deeply the war has already reshaped the country’s economic trajectory.The report warned that the damage goes beyond lost economic activity and is affecting the very foundations of the economy, including agriculture, industry, services and state institutions.Here’s a look at how the war has impacted Sudan, one of the most impoverished countries in the world.How has the war affected Sudan’s infrastructure and basic services?The destruction of Sudan’s infrastructure and the collapse of the systems that support daily life and economic activity have imposed a massive economic cost on the country.According to UNDP estimates, Sudan los …
