Narcissistic Acts: The Longterm Consequences of Khartoum War – Part2

By: Alaa Babiker

In the first part of this article, I shed light on the systematic destruction of the most important both recent and historical infrastructures in Sudan. As one of the greatest nations we should preserve our land, protect its amazing people and all the different kinds of buildings present, which will be accomplished by raising the awareness of not just the population, but also all the military governmental officers, about the importance of every single historical building.

In this final part of the consequences of the war in Sudan; I will mention few of the aspects which have been greatly affected by the war during the past 7 months, and still under great risk.

2. The second most important consequence of this war is depriving people of their natural right to communicate. Communication is the first tool that connects not only the people who live in one place, but also connects the people all around the world; and having to keep people locked at their houses scared to go out or have difficulties traveling to other places is completely a deprivation of one of the most necessary survival tool in life.

There are people outside of Sudan who have not been able to communicate with their families for months, they check on them through a member of the neighborhood, all because of the continuous blackouts and the continuous internet disconnections.

3. Critical Health Status: many individuals who have been suffering chronic diseases have passed away, having severe complications due to poor nutrition, or developing new symptoms and signs of new illnesses. This is critical because after months of tension, poor nutrition, and missing medication, the body will go through sever adaptation, this process inside the body of a person who has a chronic disease will even be harder to go through and may lead to serious mental distress. Having to consider the Mental and the Psychological health of the people who are still inside war zones, one can see how stressed and anxious they have became, even if the bombing stopped, they still need to get back to their daily activities, and speaking of this point, due to the poor physical activity the people inside war zones have moderate to low physical activity and it is necessary to walk for at least 20 minutes on a daily basis to preserve the body fitness dirung these difficult times.

4. Education: this war has affected one of the vital pillars of a population’s revolution; education. Since December 2018 the educational facilities started to close and open frequently, and after the emerge of this war all universities had literally stopped. The impact of what is happening now will result in a future educational disaster. Many universities have tried very hard, some have succeeded, to proceed with an online education choice, which will be of a great decision but also will have other impact on many students; as many of them still live in areas with no electricity or internet connection, and many others can not afford traveling aboard to continue their study.

5. The fifth issue that is causing trouble to the citizens living inside war zones is having their SIM cards been stolen from them, which causes more separateness with the outer world, as the only way to get a new SIM card would be from other states and here comes the traveling problems!

6. Banks and banking services sectors were greatly affected. Since the first day of the war no one had ever been able to use any ATM or have any kind of access to a bank, except for stealing the ATM or the bank, which was something been done by some members of the militia who are enjoying their temporary impunity.

7. Environmental consequences is also very important aspect to consider when getting back on our feet again. As for few months all of the surrounding air of the places under bombing was contaminated by the fine residues of the firing of the military weapons. The smells were very disturbing and those residues even caused some allergies to many people, as they experienced symptoms including dizziness, eye burns, and sever headaches.

In the end i would like to conclude with few questions for everyone to think about; What do Sudanese need right at this point and after?! Would a Massive Future Governmental and International Compensation Campaigns would be of an advantage?! And if so, will it be considered as an option to achieve?! These questions and other more are present inside all of our minds, specially the families still inside Khartoum, suffering to saty and scared to leave, because when leaving they will literally loose everything.
Take care of your health, and stay safe everyone.