GROWING INFLATION AFFECTS POOREST

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Skyrocketing prices are affecting the poorest people in South Sudan.

The monthly inflation rate in South Sudan reached nearly 30 per cent between April and May.

UNOCHA South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin says inflation rate is likely to continue rising for the next three months, when the highest prices are usually registered even in normal conditions.

States bordering with South Sudan are the hardest hit by the prices ever increasing hike.

Sorghum prices have risen between 75 and 260 per cent in different parts of the country since heightened border tensions in March and April.

Wheat flour went up from 40 per cent to 230 per cent.

The UN says that increased numbers of people are likely to require humanitarian assistance due to the ever increasing market prices.