SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudan to raise price of some petrol from mid February -ministry source

12/2/2020: Reuters - Sudan to raise price of some petrol from mid February -ministry source

Reuters report that Sudan will raise the price of fuel sold commercially at some petrol stations to 28 Sudanese pounds per liter from six Sudanese pounds from mid-February, a source in Sudan’s oil ministry revealed.

Fuel sold at the new price will still be subsidized at 50% of its cost by the government, the source said, and the six-pound price will continue to be offered, and subject to rationing, alongside the new price.

 The new price would allow people prepared to pay more to buy petrol without queueing, and to buy larger quantities of petrol when rationing is in place.