Bread prices in Sudan have doubled, the country’s Bakeries Union said a few days after the government eliminated subsidies under its 2018 budget. The price of one loaf of bread rose from 0.5 Sudanese pounds to 1 pound, the union said, after the prices of wheat flour rose. The country’s biggest opposition party called for peaceful protests against the new budget, and crowds gathered outside bakeries in Khartoum, expressing frustration against the government’s move.