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Cameroon: Shortage of sugar and cooking oil
For nearly a month, sugar and cooking oil have become rare. It is difficult to find these two foods in the stores, and if, it is necessary to pay almost the double price.
Muslims who constitute nearly the 90% of the population of the far northern Cameroon have been surprised by the lack of such consumable food.
In some shops (North Cameroon), where you can find sugar, the bag is sold at 33,000 CFA francs (U.S. $ 65), when a month ago, that same bag was sold only at 24,000 CFA francs (U.S. $ 47 ),
an increase of 9,000 FCFA (U.S. $ 18). A kilo of sugar rose from 500 (U.S. $ 1) to 750 CFA francs ($ 1.5 U.S.) in the space of few days. This sugar came from Nigeria (Dangote) and Brazil (Crystal).
The Cameroun, regularly, imports sugar from Congo, but the quantity is not enough, compared to the high demand. The Northern region of the country is experiencing the same problem for the cooking oil. A litter of oil which was sold at 1065 francs (2.12 U.S. $) last month is now at 1,400 francs (U.S. $ 2.78),in certain cities of the far north, and is even not found in some localities.
Some sources explain that the shortages’ behaviour is due to the cotton farmers, who and because of the falling price of the cotton, would have transformed their fields into peanuts, corn or sorghum production to feed their families. As a result, exports of cotton have declined, causing a decline of imports of sensitive products as oil and sugar…