Greed and Economic Desperation Are Fueling Sudan’s Civil War

I used to pass the biscuit factory in Soba without going in. People I knew went in for a twelve-hour shift on a line that smelled of sugar and oil. In 2021, the number that stuck was 1,500 pounds for the shift. In Haj Yousif, where Iqbal lived, the rent for a single room was 30,000 pounds a month.