Sudan aims to cut inflation below 60% by end-2026

Sudan aims to reduce inflation to no more than 60% by the end of 2026, Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim said, as three years of war continue to damage the economy and push up living costs.

Speaking at a meeting with the United Nations Development Programme on Monday, Ibrahim said the target was achievable. His remarks were broadcast on state television.

Ibrahim said inflation stood at 99% in 2025 after peaking at 176% in 2024. This month, the Sudanese pound passed 8,000 to the dollar, 16 times the pre-war rate.

Rare protests broke out this week in the southeastern state of Gedaref against rising prices. Residents quoted by AFP described salaries failing to cover basic needs and prices changing daily with the dollar rate.

Sudan's war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began in April 2023. It has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and collapsed much of the economy.

A Sudan Teachers' Committee report said a small family needs the equivalent of $600 a month, while teachers earn about $19. UN-backed reports say about 200,000 people in Sudan are suffering through famine.

Agricultural exports have fallen by 43% as the RSF controls swaths of productive land, specifically in West Darfur and South Kordofan, according to the supplied figures.