“II will bring the money after iftar, when my eldest son will have returned from the construction site where he is working”, promises Mutasim Mohamed, in reference to the breaking of the fast in this month of Ramadan. Dressed in a djellaba and a tequiyah (a traditional hat worn by Muslim men), this retired fisherman cannot pay the 1,500 Sudanese pounds (SDG), or about 3 euros, that his new treatment costs against hypertension.
Muhammad Alwasila, the manager of this pharmacy located in the Kalakla district, in the southern suburbs of the capital of Sudan, gives him credit for the tablets he needs. A few minutes earlier, four other customers contacted the pharmacist, unable, too, to pay for their pills against asthma, diabetes, hypertension or even…
