Sudan: shocking figures of the daily cost of war

Sudan: shocking figures of the daily cost of war Hoorayha-agencies A former officer in the Sudanese army said that the cost of the ongoing war with the Rapid Support Forces is estimated at (900) million pounds, about “1,500 million dollars” per day. The Sudan Tribune website quoted a former army officer who reached a high rank and worked in the command of the ground forces and supplies, saying that the cost of the war that has been going on for 38 days exceeded 57 million dollars. He explained that supplies and spending on soldiers and subsistence, “without counting the cost of arming,” and spending on the state of maximum readiness throughout the country put the state’s financial position in danger after the extension of the fighting period. He stressed that he does not have estimates about the cost related to the civilian side and the losses left by the war. He added: “This is an affair that can only be appreciated after the end of the battles, but for the military it costs a lot and more than that irreplaceable lives”- according to him. In the context, an official in the Rapid Support Forces said that their forces have not yet counted the costs incurred in the face of what he described as the coup attempt by elements of the Islamic movement within the army. He said that the Rapid Support has enough weapons and ammunition to counter the “coup” and the command of the forces is currently spending on the soldiers after the suspension and freezing of the army commander of their salaries last week. For his part, The Economist Dr. According to (Sudan Tribune), the preliminary data according to a preliminary preliminary study prepared by a group of economic experts estimated the losses of the war so far at about (4) billion dollars. He explained that the estimates include the losses of citizens due to attacks of rapid support, public and private property, thefts that affected banks and attacks on buildings. He pointed out that the study also included in the estimates of losses the value of stopping the wheel of production in Khartoum state (agricultural – industrial – services – trade exchange between Sudan and other countries). Haitham said that the amount is large when compared with the time period of the war, but the losses in infrastructure and factories, the suspension of banks, export, stability, shops, schools, universities, international transport traffic and fees for crossing the Sudanese airspace led to this high loss. He expected a study to be conducted after the war stopped to compensate for those losses and how to reconstruct and build, and the losses stopped to this extent because there was nothing to destroy after the amount of destruction that was done. The expert spoke about the increase in the cost of War losses to (20-30%) if the destruction operations continue and life stops in the heart of Khartoum, which is the economic and political capital, and industry in Bahri and trade in Omdurman stop. He warned of other losses, including the interruption of intra-trade border traffic with Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea and South Sudan. Haitham said that the reconstruction process will take years because the amount of losses is expensive, necessitating the establishment of a reconstruction and Construction Fund under the regional auspices of the Friends of Sudan. Professor of political science Dr. Mohammed Idris for (Sudan Tribune), measuring the cost of the war in the three human, economic and military aspects cannot be calculated accurately at the moment. He explained that the protracted war every day in the capital increases its human, economic and military cost with the collapse of the economic situation and the cessation of work in the state cupboard and production. He stressed that the current situation affects the whole country, not only Khartoum as the mother center of all economic affairs, and noted that there is a high recession in the markets in the states and the flow of goods has stopped. He said that Sudan is on its way to record losses that may reach billions of dollars due to the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support forces.