Khartoum, 4 August 2026 (SUNA) – Prime Minister Professor Kamil Idris on Tuesday launched the National Economic Management Committee in Khartoum, in the presence of a number of senior government officials. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of the committee’s work in managing the economy under the exceptional circumstances facing the country. The meeting approved the committee’s mandate, responsibilities, and working methodology for the coming period. The committee aims to preserve macroeconomic stability, including curbing inflation and stabilizing the exchange rate, accelerating sustainable economic growth, raising national productivity, strengthening productive sectors, increasing domestic production, boosting exports and foreign exchange earnings, enhancing investor confidence and private sector competitiveness, supporting food security, and achieving balanced and sustainable development. The National Economic Management Committee serves as an executive body responsible for making and implementing decisions. Its mandate covers fiscal and monetary policies, production, trade, the external sector, investment, employment, food security, energy, digital transformation, and related structural reforms. The meeting also underscored the importance of unifying and coordinating efforts to manage the national economy and agreed to hold regular meetings of the committee. Speaking to the press, Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Information, Tourism and Antiquities Dr. Graham Abdel-Gadir said the committee is tasked with addressing the country’s economic challenges and that its work does not conflict with the responsibilities of the economic sector under the Cabinet’s existing mechanisms.BH/BH