Sudan’s cabinet discussed economic conditions and the cost of living at an extraordinary meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kamil Idris on October 4, 2026. According to the government statement, the justice minister presented a report on preventing the collection of fees not listed in the 2026 budget law; the meeting stressed coordination with the federal finance ministry even where a state had legalized a fee for a service.

The statement also addressed ending unlawful charges on fuel and imported goods, stopping fees on national roads, and a reported indicative area of 1.7 million feddans for the winter planting season. The agriculture ministry raised higher production costs and arrangements for irrigation pumps and pesticides. These are directions and seasonal planning discussed at the meeting; the release gives no new budget allocation, realized planted area or measurement showing that charges have been removed in practice.