Sudanese tighten belts as economic crisis grinds on | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⬇️
As Sudan's economic crisis drags on, grocer Hassan Omar keeps busy cleaning packaged food items that have been gathering dust for months as his dwindling customer base make fewer purchases. "People can no longer afford to buy all their needs," Omar, 43, told AFP at his grocery store in the capital Khartoum. "Purchasing power has…
“Purchasing power has significantly declined over the past six months,” he said, noting that his sales had plummeted from 500,000 Sudanese pounds to 200,000 pounds per day over that period. The country’s economic troubles stem from decades of government mismanagement, armed conflict and international sanctions against the government of president Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in April 2019 following mass protests against his rule triggered by biting hardship.
“My income is very low and expenses are too high,” said the 43-year-old who makes less than 200,000 Sudanese pounds per month.North Khartoum vegetable seller Al-Nour Adam says he has suffered heavy losses over the past nine months. “I was asked to pay 550,000 pounds and my family cannot afford to pay,” said Mohamed Hussein, a first-year engineering student, noting that fees had last year stood at around 50,000 pounds .
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