Trade embargo hits Rumbek, South Sudan
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By Manyang Mayom
May 18, 2011 (RUMBEK) - Lakes states, the capital of Rumbek has been
hit by high fuel prices and food shortages following a blockade made
by Khartoum government on on goods moving from north to South Sudan.
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A woman carrying goods from market (AFP)
Fuel stations in Rumbek began to run out of diesel on Sunday
afternoon; most fuel station managers blamed the blockade.
The Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) Secretary General in the
North Yasir Arman accused the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in
Khartoum of seeking to topple GoSS led by Salva Kiir through the
blockade that he likened to the one imposed by Israel on Gaza strip.
There are also reports that trucks being prevented of travelling to
the south from the north. On Monday morning, only one station in
Rumbek had diesel and was selling it a the record price of SDG5
(US$1.9) per litre, which is an increase of 70 percent, overnight.
John Marol Magune, the manager of Dove Fuel Station, the single fuel
station with limited stocks of diesel, said that the stock will only
last one or two days, adding that their hope lays in the reopening of
the road. Marol said affirmed saying that “We have only fuel for
today and tomorrow. If that produce is finish, then we shall wait to
see whether the government will open the road or not. The prices is
shooting up”.
According to Lakes state governor, Chol Tong Mayay, “this issue is
being addressed at the national level and already the president has
formed a committee for this purpose”. Chol also added that “food
shortages are another obstacle that will be experience within this
week if a solution is not reached quickly”.
In Yirol West county of Lakes state, 75 miles east of Rumbek, the
price of diesel currently stands at SDG3.5 per litre.
According to government officials, there are reports that negotiations
are under way to get fuel supplies and other essential commodities
into South Sudan from East Africa.
(ST)
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