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A Sudanese baker sells bread at a bakery in Omdourman on March 11, 2020. Sudan's economy has sunk into a deep crisis since the fall of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir almost a year ago, risking collapse and social unrest in a country in political transition. Anti-government protests erupted in Sudan in late 2018 against a government decision to triple bread prices. Bashir's ouster last April led to months of talks, also against a backdrop of mass protests, that eventually produced a transitional government

March 17th, 2020 - 10:46 GMT

Sudan Closes Airports, Ports and Land Crossings to Stop Covid-19 Spread

Sudan declared on Monday a state of health emergency and closed all airports, ports and land crossings over fears about the spread of coronavirus. Sovereign Council spokesman Mohamed Al-Fekki Suleiman told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Security and Defense Council, chaired by President of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, declared the state of health emergency to confront any possible virus infections. “The Council also ordered the closure of ...