Sudan warns of looming food and medicine crisis

A shop in Sudan.

A Sudanese vendor waits for customers outside a grocery store in Khartoum. The Sudanese government has warned of a looming shortage of essential medicine and strategic goods. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

The Sudanese government has warned of a looming shortage of essential medicine and strategic goods, including food, after protesters blocked main transport routes for imports.

For the past few weeks, protesters in eastern Sudan have blocked movement of supplies from the main port on the Red Sea coast, in the city of Port Sudan, to pressure Khartoum to implement a number of political demands.