Regional businesses hurting in Sudan fight as situation worsens
People fleeing the fighting in Sudan are transported on the back of a truck in the southern Khartoum on April 21, 2023. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded since the fighting erupted on April 15. PHOTO | EBRAHIM HAMID | AFP
Sudan was already a delicate case, living through a stalled transition and a bad economy. But at least business was running and the country was still connected to the outside world, with its borders open, and airspace a popular air route.
But all this may go up in smoke, depending on how the warring parties, the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary unit, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) see it.
