‘Spoiled insulin’: Sudan war disrupts drug supplies, fuelling smuggling

Sudan's ongoing civil war between the SAF and RSF has crippled the healthcare infrastructure, disrupting vital drug supply chains and halting domestic pharmaceutical production. Patients in Khartoum and Omdurman now face spoiled, smuggled medicines, known as 'Boko,' due to a lack of proper storage and refrigeration, leading to ineffective or toxic treatments.