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RAMADAN PRICE SHOCK: CFA rise, commodity price hikes raise cost of living

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Ramadan is traditionally a season of compassion, charity and community. Families stock up on sugar, rice, cooking oil, onions and condiments to prepare meals for iftar the breaking of the fast at sunset. But this year, shoppers say even the most basic items are slipping beyond their reach. “We all know that during the month of Ramadan families need sugar, rice and other condiments to prepare good meals after breaking their fast,” said Ablie Jall…
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In his article for Nidaa Al Watan, Rimal Jouni writes: This year's Ramadan may be different, both in terms of the security situation plaguing the southern villages and the economic situation, which is experiencing a price "earthquake" following the increase in the price of gasoline. This has sent commodity prices skyrocketing, after they had already begun to rise before the holy month. So how will this increase, which merchants and citizens alik…

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thepoint.gm broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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