{"id":176303,"date":"2018-05-23T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/diesel-selling-for-21-30-a-gallon-in-sudan-s-kassala\/"},"modified":"2018-05-23T18:19:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T18:19:00","slug":"diesel-selling-for-21-30-a-gallon-in-sudan-s-kassala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/diesel-selling-for-21-30-a-gallon-in-sudan-s-kassala","title":{"rendered":"Diesel $21.30 a gallon in Sudan\u2019s Kassala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Racketeering is rife in Sudan’s Kassala as reports from the state complain that the fuel crisis has worsened in an unprecedented manner. A gallon of diesel now cost SDG 600 (*$21.30) on the black market.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ibrahim Mohamed Nur told Radio Dabanga that a large number of people had to stop their vehicles because of the fuel crisis, which has caused a severe traffic problem. The queues of vehicles in front of fuel stations continue for days.<\/p>\n

Nur accused the regular Sudanese forces of “deliberately creating problems at the fuel stations in order to obtain quantities of fuel to sell them on the black market”.<\/p>\n

Residents of Kassala complained about the lack of drinking water and the continuous interruption of electricity since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

A resident from Kassala told Radio Dabanga that the price of a jerry can of drinking water from carts has amounted to SDG 7, while the price of the barrel of water has amounted to SDG 60.<\/p>\n

The Kassala Water Corporation attributed the water crisis to the 12 wells that went out of service because of the decrease in the level of the basin.<\/p>\n

The residents explained that the frequent electricity cuts has caused damage to the materials saved in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

The prices of sugar, commodities and vegetables in new Halfa in Kassala recorded an unprecedented rise in the month of Ramadan<\/p>\n

A resident from new Halfa told Radio Dabanga that a 50 kg sack of sugar has risen to SDG 1,600, a pound of sugar in the districts has risen to SDG 16<\/p>\n

The price of a box of tomatoes SDG 1,000, a box of mango SDG 120 and dozen oranges SDG 80.<\/p>\n

* SDG 28,148 = USD 1 based on the indicative US Dollar rate quoted by the Central Bank of Sudan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n