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Bread Crisis in Sudan Hindering Government Efforts

A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on Friday. (AFP)
A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on Friday. (AFP)
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Bread Crisis in Sudan Hindering Government Efforts

A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on Friday. (AFP)
A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on Friday. (AFP)

Bread lines remain a familiar scene in the main streets of Khartoum, although the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning announced that it was increasing subsidies of a sack of flour from 100 to 250 Sudanese pounds (around USD14).

A Russian ship loaded with wheat had already arrived in Port Sudan.

Sudan has been witnessing a crisis in providing wheat to bakeries for a month now due to the scarcity of foreign monetary resources in the Central Bank of Sudan (CBS), which was forced to resort to commercial banks to fulfill the country’s needs of essential products, such as wheat and fuel.

The ministry demanded that bakeries increase their daily production to exceed 100,000 sacks to cover the needs of the capital and other states.

The security authorities and popular forces called for taking precautions to maintain the subsidized wheat and prevent smuggling.

Tariq Shalabi, State Minister at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, said that the country seeks to provide bread given that it is a strategic product that is linked to the lives of citizens.

He pointed out that the past period saw several policies to resolve this crisis.

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Syria, World Bank Discuss Tools to Support Syrian Economic Recovery

People wait their turn in a queue outside an ATM in Damascus on April 16, 2025. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
People wait their turn in a queue outside an ATM in Damascus on April 16, 2025. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
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Syria, World Bank Discuss Tools to Support Syrian Economic Recovery

People wait their turn in a queue outside an ATM in Damascus on April 16, 2025. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
People wait their turn in a queue outside an ATM in Damascus on April 16, 2025. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Members of the Syrian government and a delegation from the World Bank discussed in Damascus tools to support Syria's economic recovery, the Syrian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Sources told Reuters on Saturday that Syrian officials are planning to attend the annual spring meetings held by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, D.C. this month, which would be the first such visit in at least two decades.

Syria has around $15 million in arrears to the World Bank which must be paid off before the international financial institution can approve grants and provide other forms of assistance.

But Damascus is short of foreign currency and a previous plan to pay off the debts using assets frozen abroad did not materialize, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A technical delegation from the World Bank met with Syria's Finance Minister Mohammed Yosr Bernieh on Monday, according to the Syrian state news agency Sana.
The meeting, which was the first public meeting between the Syrian government and the World Bank, included discussions on strengthening financial and economic ties between the two sides.
Bernieh also highlighted the negative effects of the international sanctions imposed on Syria and policies of the former regime on the country's financial and banking sector.