Sudan-Conflict/Ecological Damage

Sudan's conflict devastates environment, posing long-term ecological, health threats

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  • ID : 8486168
  • Dateline : Recent
  • Location : Sudan
  • Category : Environment
  • Duration : 2'26
  • Audio Language : Arabic/Nats/Part Mute
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya TV/Middle East Broadcasting Center
  • Published : 2026-06-24 17:25
  • Last Modified : 2026-06-24 22:45:23
  • Version : 4
  • ID : 8486168
  • Dateline : الأيام الأخيرة
  • Location : السودان
  • Category : Environment
  • Duration : 2'26
  • Audio Language : العربية/الصوت الطبيعي/صامت جزئيا
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya TV/Middle East Broadcasting Center
  • Published : 2026-06-24 18:57
  • Last Modified : 2026-06-24 22:45:23
  • Version : 4
  • ID : 8486168
  • Dateline : Reciente
  • Location : Sudán
  • Category : Environment
  • Duration : 2'26
  • Audio Language : Árabe/Nats/Parte Muda
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No acceso a la parte continental de China
  • Published : 2026-06-24 20:56
  • Last Modified : 2026-06-24 22:45:23
  • Version : 4

Sudan-Conflict/Ecological Damage

Sudan's conflict devastates environment, posing long-term ecological, health threats

Dateline : Recent

Location : Sudan

Duration : 2'26

  • English
  • العربية
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Khartoum, Sudan - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya TV/Middle East Broadcasting Center)
1. Various of dry land, damaged vegetation, bundle of firewood, tree stump
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghada Awad, secretary-general, Sudan's Higher Council for Environment and Urban-rural Development (ending with shot 3):
"Widespread vegetation degradation has been one of the most severe environmental impacts of this conflict. Khartoum State once had vast forests that served both as nature reserves and as the city's 'green lungs.' But under the flames of war, these woodlands have been extensively felled and destroyed, and large numbers of landmines remain scattered across these areas."
3. Various of bundles of firewood, cracked ground
4. Various of roadside littered with garbage, debris
6. Various of bombed-out facade, dusty interior, damaged facilities of Khartoum Environmental Laboratory
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um-Alkhair, director, Khartoum Environmental Laboratory:
"Our laboratory was severely damaged during the conflict. The facility was originally equipped with 68 precision instruments. But due to the destruction of war and looting, all these devices have been destroyed or lost."
8. Various of garbage on streets
9. Various of street scenes


More than three years of armed conflict in Sudan have not only claimed countless lives and displaced millions but also inflicted severe and lasting damage on the country's environment, compounding what the United Nations now officially classifies as the world's worst humanitarian and displacement crisis.

Across the country, large stretches of forest vegetation have been cut down and burned, urban sewage and garbage treatment systems have been largely paralyzed, and damaged industrial facilities have led to the exposure of toxic pollutants.

In the capital Khartoum, vast forested areas have been razed by shelling and fire. With fuel supplies critically low, residents have been forced to chop down trees for firewood, accelerating deforestation and further degrading the fragile ecosystem.

"Widespread vegetation degradation has been one of the most severe environmental impacts of this conflict. Khartoum State once had vast forests that served both as nature reserves and as the city's 'green lungs.' But under the flames of war, these woodlands have been extensively felled and destroyed, and large numbers of landmines remain scattered across these areas," Ghada Awad, secretary-general of Sudan's Higher Council for Environment and Urban-rural Development, told the China Media Group (CMG) in a recent interview.

In addition to the loss of forests, the conflict has exposed Sudan's water, soil, and air to mounting contamination risks. Wastewater treatment and solid waste collection systems in multiple cities have been crippled or destroyed. Untreated sewage now pools in residential neighborhoods, while mountains of uncollected garbage provide a breeding ground for outbreaks of cholera, malaria, dengue fever, and other diseases.

Furthermore, damaged factories, fuel depots, and gas stations have leaked oil, chemicals, and other hazardous substances into the soil and groundwater, threatening to leave a toxic legacy that will persist long after the fighting stops.

The collapse of Sudan's environmental monitoring capacity has further complicated efforts to assess and mitigate the damage. The Khartoum Environmental Laboratory, one of the country's largest and most sophisticated testing facilities, has now been rendered completely inoperable by the conflict.

"Our laboratory was severely damaged during the conflict. The facility was originally equipped with 68 precision instruments. But due to the destruction of war and looting, all these devices have been destroyed or lost," said Um-Alkhair, director of the laboratory.

Even before the conflict, Sudan was grappling with drought, desertification, and other long-standing environmental challenges. The ongoing ecological deterioration is now undermining the country's resilience to climate change and natural disasters, threatening not only people's daily lives but their long-term survival.

In some areas, local authorities and community groups have begun to clear waste, dispose of hazardous materials, disinfect affected zones, and replant vegetation. However, with fighting still ongoing and the economy in ruins, the road to environmental recovery remains long and arduous.

Since April 2023, fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions both within Sudan and across its borders. An estimated 33.7 million people will need humanitarian aid this year, according to the UN.

ID : 8486168

Published : 2026-06-24 17:25

Last Modified : 2026-06-24 22:45:23

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya TV/Middle East Broadcasting Center

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