Zimbabwe: Intent on Lowering Food Cost by Scrapping Duties
Zimbabwe has scrapped duties and the requirement for import licences for basic food items in an effort to reduce the cost of food in a renewed cost-of-living crisis. Read More: ...
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Morocco: Thousands Protest Soaring Food Prices in Rabat
Hundreds of Moroccan trade union activists rallied in the capital, Rabat, on Monday to protest against declining purchasing power, soaring inflation and rocketing food prices. Read More: UN Plan of Action On Safety of Journalists The unions ...
Beninese Government To Set Measures Against High Cost Of Living
By Metohuey Michael Adoglo Léandre Houngbédji, Government Spokesman has revealed to the press that on the matter of high cost of living in the country, government representatives are set ...
Sub-Saharan Africa: Africa’s Pulse Report, Growth to fall to 3.6% in 2022
By Metohuey Michael Adoglo The latest edition of the World Bank's Africa's Pulse report announces a slowdown in growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Faced with new economic challenges, there are ...
Benin: Government Reassures Citizens Measures Will Be Taken To Quell Inflation
By Metohuey Michael Adoglo Benin Republic's Government spokesman, Wilfried Léandre Houngbédji has reassured Beninese that measures have been taken to quell Inflation in the country, adding the government has ...
Malawi: July inflation eases to 8.0%
Headline inflation for July 2020 slightly eased by about 0.5 percentage points from 8.5 in June to 8.0, figures from National Statistical Office (NSO) show. According to NSO, Food and ...
South Africa’s inflation hits 15-month high
According to the South African Bureau of Statistics, consumer prices rose by 4.6% year-on-year, up from 4.5% in January. This increase should not deter the central bank from cutting the ...
