Effectively shut down. live now to ben hunter, an east africa analyst at the global risk and strategic consulting firm, maplecroft. welcome to the programme. in terms of the economic crisis, it was already in a dire place, or the conflict kicked off? sudan has faced a legacy of sanctions underformer sudan has faced a legacy of sanctions under former dictator omar bishoo which has had significant impact to its economy over the long—term, it was only removed from the united states terrace sponsor designation from 2020 under the civilian government, and the economy really has never recovered fr...