The war between America and the Jewish entity against Iran has affected all countries of the world, especially in the economic aspect, albeit to varying degrees. As for its impact, it was more severe on the people of Sudan, since Sudan is already experiencing a stifling economic crisis due to the ongoing war in it and its impact on people’s lives. It impoverished the rich, and made the poor poorer, so life became an unbearable hell as fuel prices rose by more than 60%, severely affecting transportation and logistics. Ticket prices increased. Bus ticket prices increased by up to 50%, and the cost of internal transportation increased by more than 30%, and four small loaves of bread became worth 1000 Sudanese pounds.

In general, the prices of all commodities, especially food, have risen in light of an already existing recession and a decline in purchasing power due to the low incomes. A small segment of the population now relies on remittances from children or relatives abroad, while the vast majority live hand to mouth, subsisting on a single meal a day.

Then, suddenly and without warning, the value of the dollar rose over the past few days against the Sudanese pound, reaching more than 4,000 pounds per dollar, an increase of more than 400 pounds per dollar. This also increases the value of imported materials, which has become the norm in Sudan as most of the people’s needs are met from abroad after factories and farms ceased function. Sudan’s imports jumped to more than 9 billion dollars in one year, and there are no exports to cover this large amount except gold, of which more than 70% goes into the pockets of influential people and others, and does not enter the state treasury as it is looted wealth in the absence of oversight.

The government, whose duty it is to alleviate the burden of these circumstances on the people, is itself increasing their hardships. On 10 April 2026, the Sudanese Customs Authority implemented a new increase in the customs dollar rate, raising it from 2,769 Sudanese pounds to 3,222 pounds, an increase of 454 pounds or more than 16%. This was not the first increase. The so-called customs dollar has consistently fluctuated with the dollar's price in the parallel black market, negatively impacting inflation rates, which have risen to unprecedented levels.

From a political standpoint, America’s preoccupation with its war on Iran, while it maintains control over the Sudanese conflict through its envoy, Massad Boulos, who repeatedly speaks of a humanitarian truce without specifying when or how it would begin, has led to a cessation of such pronouncements following the outbreak of war in Iran. The political reality remains largely unchanged, with America working to fragment Sudan by carving out Darfur. The situation has become similar to the Libyan scenario with two rival governments, one in Port Sudan and Khartoum, and another in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur.

The war has long been a series of skirmishes, far removed from the main theater of war in Darfur and its surrounding areas in Kordofan. The only casualties are occasional airstrikes or drone attacks by the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which only harm innocent civilians. This is done to avoid the perception that the war has ended, especially since army commanders constantly speak of eliminating the rebellion throughout Sudan without any concrete action. Therefore, the war continues in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, with the Rapid Support Forces attacking and the army defending. The same area is supposedly liberated multiple times! For example, the repeated claims of lifting the siege on Dilling and opening the road between it and Habila confirm that the war there is a war of attrition, intended to prolong it until despair takes root in people’s hearts, making them believe that this war will never end, thus leading them to accept any solution even the secession of Darfur.

The war there is a series of skirmishes. There are voices openly advocating for the separation of Darfur, offering justifications for it, just as happened before the secession of South Sudan. The media and some politicians played a significant role in conditioning the public to accept the separation of the south. This is precisely what is happening now, with political actions all aimed at conditioning the people to accept the reality that America will impose: the detachment of Darfur from the body of Sudan.

These people are indifferent to the harm these conspiracies inflict on the country and its people. If they are unaware that their actions serve America’s plots to divide and fragment Sudan, then that is a calamity. But if they are aware and are still serving the enemies of the nation—the disbelieving colonialists—then the calamity is even greater.

On the other hand, the Europeans, whom America successfully sidelined from the Sudanese political scene through the war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, remain determined to obstruct its projects there. Therefore, they are currently working hard to ensure the success of the Berlin Conference on Sudan, which is being held today, Wednesday, 15 April 2026. While this conference, like its predecessors in the past two years—the London and Paris conferences—will not significantly impact America’s position or its control over the Sudan issue, it is certainly unsettling for America and its allies in Sudan. Consequently, the Sudanese government, through its embassy in Berlin, submitted an official memorandum to the German Foreign Ministry on Friday, 10 April 2026, conveying Sudan’s rejection of holding the Berlin Conference on Sudan without the government’s participation, approval, and consultation in all arrangements.

This is the reality in Sudan, where its people need to be aware of the conspiracies being hatched against them by the disbelieving colonialists seeking to dismantle what remains of Sudan through agents who carry out their wishes. They must work diligently to thwart these conspiracies and defeat them by establishing an ideological state that prevents the fragmentation of Sudan and strives to unify it with the rest of the Muslim World in a strong and dignified state: the Second Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly Guided Caliphate) on the Method of the Prophethood. This is the only state capable of transforming Sudan’s reality for the better, and indeed, the reality of the entire world, whose leaders today are mired in futile wars, economic crises, and other calamities.

* Official Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Sudan