Sudan doubles local fuel prices with immediate effect - ministry

Sudan has doubled local fuel prices with immediate effect, the acting energy and mining minister said on Tuesday evening.

Diesel will be sold at 46 Sudanese pounds ($0.8364) per litre, and petrol will be sold at 56 pounds per litre, Khairy Abdel Rahman told a news conference.

They had been sold at 23 and 28 pounds respectively. ($1 = 55.0002 Sudanese pounds)