Teachers across the country say their pay no longer covers basic living costs. Khartoum, Sudan – For 26 years, Amal Suleiman Ahmed al-Haj has worked as a secondary school teacher in Sudan. But her monthly salary of 132,000 Sudanese pounds ($13.20) only covers her family’s basic needs for a few days. Just buying a cooking gas cylinder will set her back about 170,000 pounds ($17). With teachers in Khartoum State no longer paid enough to survive, they have gone on strike for a third week.