KHARTOUM- A blockade of Port Sudan by Beja tribesman will be lifted for one month starting on Monday, a tribal official said.

Barricades at the port, as well as on the main road to Khartoum, were being lifted from Monday morning, said Abdallah Abushar, secretary for the tribal body organizing the blockade.

(Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz, writing by Nafisa Eltahir, editing by Andrew Cawthorne) ((Nafisa.Eltahir@thomsonreuters.com;))