Economics
Sudan Raises Salaries for Public-Sector Workers Amid Protests
- Al-Bashir says government may expand health-insurance benefits
- Economic crisis has triggered biggest protests in decades
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Sudan President Omar al-Bashir said his government increased salaries of public-sector workers as part of measures to ease an economic crisis that’s set off some of the biggest protests under his three-decade rule.
The government may also expand health-insurance benefits for citizens and look at improving pensions for those who are retired, Al-Bashir said during a visit to the Sudanese Workers’ Trade Union Federation in the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday.