Tag Archives: Food prices

The security crisis currently hitting the Central African Republic has caused food prices to rise. Data provided by the Central African Institute for Statistics, Economic, and Social Studies (ICASEES) show that the prices of basic imported food products jumped from 15% up to 240% during the first week of January …

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the concern of his administration about the sudden spiral of food prices, saying “the most worrisome are the activities of “corrupt” middlemen (with many of them discovered to be foreigners) and other food traders who serve as the link between farmers and consumers found to …