Sudan lowers local fuel prices for January

(Reuters) - Sudan will lower local fuel prices for January as of 7 am local time (0500 GMT) on Thursday, the state news agency said on Wednesday evening citing the energy ministry.

The ministry lowered the local price for diesel to 628 Sudanese pounds ($1.11) from 660 pounds last month, and lowered the gasoline price to 506 pounds from 620 pounds.

($1 = 565.2502 Sudanese pounds)

(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by Chris Reese)