The Friends of Sudan Conference will be convened today, Thursday, 7/5/2020, via video conferencing, after the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic prevented it to take place as planned, on 23/04/2020, and according to a statement of the Sudanese Cabinet, Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdock, discussed by phone, Tuesday 5/5/2020, with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, the preparation for an upcoming conference.

To further confuse Muslims in Sudan, the Islamic Fiqh Council announced that tomorrow, Friday, the day that completes the thirty of Sha'ban and that Saturday 25/4/2020 is the first day of Ramadan, in violation of the Shariah sighting that Saudi Arabia has established, and before, what was established yesterday by investigating the Shariah sighting (of the moon) in a number of Islamic countries where sighting has not been established

Sudan's Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments, Nasruddin Mufreh, issued a decision to suspend Jumu’ah and Jama’ah (Congregational) Prayers in all mosques in Khartoum State for a period of three weeks.

The Governor of Khartoum, Lieutenant General Ahmed Abdoun, announced that, in the interest of the Khartoum state government to find a safe way out that achieves stability and flow of bread, it was agreed to allow the production of loaf of bread weighing 40 - 45 grams to be sold to the consumer at the price of one pound