Sudan: Plan to Lift Subsidies On Fuel 'Death Penalty' for Sudanese

18 September 2013

Khartoum / Darfur — Citizens are complaining of soaring prices of commodities, in particular food prices, in the capital of Sudan. The prices skyrocketed after the government announced its plans to lift subsidies on fuel a week ago.

Sources reported that at the Khartoum markets, a kilo of Saiga flour rose within a week from SDG4 ($0.90) to SDG5 ($1.14), while a kilo of Zadna flour that cost SDG4 ($0.90) now reached SDG6 ($1.36). Market traders pointed out that the price of a 10kg sack of sugar rose from SDG51 ($11.60) to SDG55 ($12.50), a sack of coal from SDG140 ($32) to SDG170 ($38.60), whereas a sack of onions rose from SDG250 ($57) to SDG300 ($68), a kilo of lemons from SDG20 ($4.54) to SDG25 ($5.70), and quarter kilo of fava beans, which has become stable food is most of the Sudanese households, has now reached SDG90 ($20.44) instead of SDG80 ($18) a week ago.

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