El-Fashir Mrach25(Darfur24) The city of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, like other cities in Sudan these days, is witnessing a rise in food and consumer prices and the almost absence of petroleum derivatives, which in turn has led to an increase in the city’s transportation tariff.
Citizens’ voices escalated about the insane rise in prices, calling on the concerned authorities to intervene to control price-manipulative traders.
According to Darfur 24 tour of the El Fasher city markets, the price hike affected all commodities, at rates exceeding 35% compared to last month’s prices. A number of traders attributed these increases to the decline in the value of the Sudanese currency against foreign currencies.
Government employee Adam Captain says that the deterioration of the local currency has led to an increase in prices to the extent that the employee is unable to obtain his living needs.
Taxi driver, Omar Mohamed, stated that the high prices had exacerbated the conditions of families in North Darfur, and they had become unable to provide for simple daily basic needs.
The price of a sack of sugar weighing 50 kilograms was 36,000 pounds, while the price of a jerry can of oil reached 19,000