The Sudanese pound has shed nearly two-fifths of its value after a de facto embargo on flights from the armys wartime capital Port Sudan , into the United Arab Emirates UAE disrupted the vital gold trade, traders and Sudanese officials said.
The army relies on the UAE for hard currency from gold exports, but also accuses it of backing the rival Rapid Support Forces paramilitary in a two-and-a-half-year civil war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions.
The UAE, which denies backing the RSF but has increasingly fraught relations with the army-led government, stopped in early August all commercial flights from Port Sudan, the nations main conduit for international trade, according to the Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority and flight tracking data.
