{"id":184265,"date":"2014-10-06T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-s-president-pledges-to-improve-economy\/"},"modified":"2014-10-06T13:52:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T13:52:00","slug":"sudan-s-president-pledges-to-improve-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-s-president-pledges-to-improve-economy","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s President pledges to improve economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Omar Al Bashir has pledged to overcome the difficulties the Sudanese are facing because of the soaring prices of basic commodities in the country.<\/p>\n

Al Bashir, currently performing the Muslim hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, said in a message to the Sudanese on Saturday that Eid El Adha is a feast of \u201ccompassion, synergy, and tolerance\u201d. He promised he would do anything to improve the dire living conditions in Sudan.<\/p>\n

Economist Mohamed Ibrahim Kebej commented that he was surprised to hear that the \u201cKhartoum regime is worried about the economic deterioration and the huge inflation rates in the country, while the same regime is responsible for these problems\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cSince the National Congress Party, formerly the National Islamic Front, took over power in 1989, the Sudanese pound has only lost in value,\u201d he told Radio Dabanga. \u201cThe rate of the pound is now plummeting with a scaring speed\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpgrading the value of the Sudanese currency is not a matter of intention\u201d, Kebej stressed. \u201cThe policy of economic liberalisation requires substantial modifications. Unless the regime adjusts its liberalisation policies at the roots, and instead focuses on a policy to relieve the poor, any attempt to reduce the prices can be considered as futile and useless.\u201d<\/p>\n

File photo: An oranges vendor in Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/em>\u2018IMF figures on Sudan inadequate; economy imploding\u2019: analyst<\/a> (28 September 2014)<\/p>\n

Prof: ‘Cost of Darfur war estimated at $50 billion’<\/a> (24 September 2014)<\/p>\n

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