Sudan has removed all subsidies for imported fuel, doubling the price of petrol and diesel.
The price of petrol will rise from 150 Sudanese pounds ($0.35;£0.25) per litre to 290 pounds while diesel will now cost 285 pounds a litre from 125 pounds, according to the finance ministry.
It said subsidies cost the country a billion dollars a year.
The ministry added that despite the latest increase, the price of fuel in Sudan remained among the lowest in Africa.
Previous price rises have sparked protests.
Sudan is facing a major economic crisis partly due to unaffordable fuel subsidies that are contributing to an annual fiscal budget deficit of about $5 billion in 2019 and growing inflation.
Curbing inflation is a key economic and political priority and this needs addressing the fuel subsidy reform, which has been a politically difficult task.
Stabilizing Sudan’s macroeconomic environment is essential for sustainable economic growth to be possible in Sudan.
Economic reforms carried out since the overthrow of the long-standing president, Omar al-Bashir, two years ago have contributed to the devaluation of the Sudanese currency and a huge rise in inflation to more than 300% a year.
