Citizens in the UN Protection of Civilian’s Site (PoC) in Malakal town in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State have complained about soaring prices of commodities at the market within the site.
Mary Adwok, a displaced woman sheltering inside the UN base, told Radio Tamazuj that they were experiencing harsh humanitarian conditions due to increasing prices of essential commodities inside the camp.
Adwok explained that the prices of other commodities such as meat, onions, and sugar are increasing these days. “A price of one kilo of meat has increased from 40 SSP to 70 SSP while a pound of sugar costs 60 SSP,” she said.
The displaced women pointed to scarcity of some essential commodities such as cooking oil and onions at the market. She revealed that the internally displaced persons need to buy other food items at the market, saying aid assistance given to them by humanitarian organizations was inadequate.
For his part, John Deng, a local trader inside the camp, attributed the creasing prices to the closure of roads leading to the UN camp following clashes in Juba.