Sudan to purchase 200,000 tonnes of wheat via World Food Programme

THE SUDANESE government is set to buy 200,000 tonnes of wheat as part of plans to boost food reserves and address shortages caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

The move is designed to support bakeries and bread makers, who currently procure flour from millers which receive 75 percent subsidy on the cost of flour.

Rising food prices last year were caused by difficulties raising the currency required to import wheat, a series of events which resulted in mass protests and the toppling of Sudan’s government. Former President Omar al-Bashir’s tenure lasted three decades.