# Sudan’s factories struggle to restart after devastating wartime losses

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-04 22:31 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/4/sudan-factories-struggle-to-restart-after-devastating-wartime-losses?traffic_source=rss

> War has left workers without jobs and pushed up prices as Sudanese factories try to reopen. A sweets factory in Khartoum is running at just 40 percent of its former capacity. The Industry Ministry says about 1,800 industrial facilities were damaged, including 650 factories destroyed outright; power shortages, damaged transport and broken supply chains further impede recovery.