Worsening power cuts show depth of Sudan's economic challenge


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese residents shop in a bazaar in Khartoum, Sudan, May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - For 17-year-old Wa'ad, frequent power cuts in Sudan's capital have meant struggling to revise for secondary school exams by candlelight on many nights.

The increasingly frequent blackouts which often last all day are hitting families and businesses in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities already facing 380% inflation and shortages of petrol, bread and other imports.

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