Ex-minister: Egypt has less than 2 months imported wheat left

Egypt has less than two months' supply of imported wheat left in its stocks, ousted President Mohamed Mursi's minister of supplies said, signalling that a shortage is more acute than previously revealed.

Speaking to Reuters near midnight in a tent at a vigil where thousands of Mursi's supporters are protesting against the Islamist president's removal, former Minister of Supplies Bassem Ouda said the state had just 500,000 tonnes of imported wheat left. (Reuters)