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NAIROBI, 11 August 2011 (IRIN): Drought, poor rains and continuing high fuel prices have combined to keep food prices in Eastern Africa high, with consumers forgoing (give afkald på) basic staples (grundnærings-midler) and many traders being forced to shut down their businesses.
IRIN spoke to residents of seven countries in the region for a sense of how the rising cost of living was affecting them.
ETHIOPIA
– Buying meat and butter is unthinkable; meat has gone up from 40 to 45 birr (2,60 US dollar) a kilo four months ago to 90 birr (5,20 dollar) a kilo now, said Solomon Bekele, 55, who supports a family of five in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
– Butter is now around 120 birr (6,95 dollar) a kilo from just 60 birr in October 2010, noted he.
Solomon, who makes 4.000 birr (231 dollar) a month, says he spends about 60 percent of his income on food.
According to Ethiopia’s Central Statistical Agency (CSA), the annual inflation rate reached 39,2 percent in July, from 16,5 percent in February 2011.
Food prices rose by 47,4 percent in July against 12,8 percent in February.
SOMALIA
Læs videre på http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93481
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