Recent raids on Egyptian sugar factories were done only in a limited number of cases but were a necessary action, Egypt's prime minister said in a television interview on Monday. Egyptian authorities have raided sugar factories and distributors in recent days amid a countrywide shortage of sugar, blaming the crisis on traders and suppliers hoarding and smuggling supplies. "[The raids are] a limited number of cases and they have been dealt with. And we will monitor this procedure, but it was necessary," Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said during a television interview. Ismail said that sugar stocks are enough to cover the country for three months.

Source: Egypt Independent October 24, 2016 20:26 UTC