Sudan's Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim speaks with AFP during an interview in Port Sudan

Sudan's Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim speaks with AFP during an interview in Port Sudan

Widespread destruction, massive military spending and plummeting oil and gold revenues have left Sudan's economy in "very difficult times", army-aligned finance minister Gibril Ibrahim said, nearly three years into the army's war with rival paramilitary forces.

In an interview with AFP from his office in Port Sudan, Ibrahim said the government is eyeing deals for Red Sea ports and private investment to help rebuild infrastructure.

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