Al Jazeera Investigation: Sudan 2025, the “Year of Great Toxins”.. How War Turned the Nile Banks into Africa’s Largest Captagon Lab?
إليك ترجمة التحقيق الاستقصائي حول “كارثة المخدرات في السودان” إلى اللغتين الإنجليزية والإسبانية، مع الحفاظ على القوة التعبيرية والاحترافية الصحفية:
A shocking investigative report by Al Jazeera Net has revealed a dangerous shift in the Sudanese conflict: Sudan’s transformation from a “transit country” for narcotics into a global hub for the manufacturing of “Captagon.” Nile Post brings you the key findings of this investigation, which links the chaos of war to the industrial-scale production of chemical death.
2025: The Largest Seizures in Sudan’s History According to the data provided by the investigation, 2025 recorded the most significant and highest volume of drug seizures and manufacturing equipment in the history of the Sudanese state. The report confirms that the issue is no longer limited to passing shipments; security raids uncovered a sophisticated “infrastructure” for producing synthetic drugs, marking a catastrophic security turning point.
RSF Labs: Manufacturing Under Militia Protection The Al Jazeera investigation explicitly pointed out that the Sudanese Armed Forces, during clearing operations in February 2025, seized advanced manufacturing laboratories in areas formerly under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), specifically in the “Al-Gaili” area north of Khartoum.
Terrifying Figures from the Investigation:
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Industrial Presses: Modern machinery was found, with each unit valued at approximately $3 million, capable of producing 100,000 pills per hour.
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Strategic Stockpile of Poison: Chemical raw materials were seized, enough to produce more than 700 million Captagon pills—a quantity exceeding local consumption, aimed at regional and international markets.
“The Courage Drug” and War Economy The investigation explained that the RSF did not only provide protection for these factories but relied on “Captagon” as a core pillar of its war strategy in two ways:
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Parallel Financing: Exploiting the multi-billion dollar returns of the drug trade (valued globally at $57 billion) to fund military operations and purchase loyalties.
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Drugged Combatants: Using these pills as “combat stimulants” for fighters in the field, explaining the brutal behavior and suicidal impulsivity seen in many violations against civilians.
Sudan: The “Golden Alternative” to Syrian Hubs Al Jazeera quoted security experts stating that the crackdown on Captagon networks in Syria and Lebanon pushed “international drug mafias” to seek an alternative that offers vast spaces, open borders, and a lack of international oversight. They found the RSF-controlled areas in Sudan to be the “ideal haven” for establishing a new production line linking the Nile banks to the Red Sea and Gulf markets.
