In a market in Renk, northern South Sudan, beside transit centres housing about 20,000 people who have fled Sudan’s war, trader Mathew Kuol stood behind his stall. He was waiting for customers, well aware that many of those walking by were desperate for food, but unable to afford it.
The price he pays for 5kg of sugar had risen from 8,000 South Sudanese pounds (SSP) to 15,000 SSP, he said. To…