Sudan’s bread crisis deepens as flour shortages and soaring prices hit families

Bread and meat are becoming unaffordable for families in Sudan. In Omdurman, soaring prices are pushing basic food beyond people's reach. In Blue Nile State, authorities have approved two loaves of bread for 1,000 Sudanese pounds. But rising flour costs and alleged violations of price controls are deepening the crisis. Flour has become expensive. The size and quantity of bread itself has reduced. so we can't afford the same amount as before. If we used to rely on bread all day long, we can no longer even do that. Soaring flour and oil costs are squeezing bakeries across several states, forcing some to shut down as production becomes increasingly unaffordable. Most bakeries are currently closed because there is no flour in the market. Currently, all the suppliers have no flour. You could wait a whole day or two at the distribution center only to return empty-handed. Khartoum has also been hard hit by the worsening flour shortage but in Al Jazeera, a fresh harvest is bringing relief, driving down maize and crop prices.