The commissioner of Rumamer County in the contested area of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan has complained that prices of consumer goods are soaring at the market in Agok area.
Commissioner Chan Piok Deng told Radio Tamazuj yesterday that the county is witnessing increasing prices of commodities at the market due to devaluation of South Sudan Pound against the US dollar.
The local official explained that the ordinary citizens are immensely suffering as the economic situation hasn’t improved.