Residents in the disputed Abyei region on Tuesday told Radio Tamazuj that prices of basic food commodities have soared recently.
Nyandeng Chol, a resident, who also works at Molmol market in Abyei town, told Radio Tamazuj that a tin (malwa) of Sorghum previously sold at 150SSP is now sold at 240SSP and a four-litre jar of cooking oil which was sold at 3,000SSP is now sold at 5,000SSP.
She attributed the soaring prices to the on-going economic crises in the country.
But Bol Akuei, a trader at the common Amieth market said the prices have skyrocketed due to the scarcity of hard currency as well as a ban by the Sudanese government to supply fuel in the area.