Sudan’s basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain

Sudan’s basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain

The family support programme has come about as the government pursues aggressive economic reforms monitored by the International Monetary Fund, in the hope of winning relief on at least $50 billion in debt and access funding from international lenders.

KHARTOUM – For Intisar Altayib, who ekes out a living drawing henna tattoos in Khartoum, soaring prices in Sudan mean running up tabs at local stores and cutting back on evening feasts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

She is one of millions struggling through an economic crisis that has deepened as Sudan tries to emerge from decades of isolation and […]

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