KhartoumThe pound fell below 8,000 per dollar.
Import costs, already inflated by war, now price out ordinary households.
The minister blames import demand, but gold, Sudan’s main export, largely leaves the country informally, priced near $4,350 an ounce.
Fuel queues persist as the ministry blames insurance costs from Red Sea disruption.
How each outlet framed it
- Radio Dabanga
- attributes pound decline to import-export imbalance exacerbated by Red Sea maritime disruptions raising oil prices and shipping costs
Sources: Radio Dabanga