Morocco: Discontent over increase in food prices

게시됨 2021년 9월 3일

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Citizens in Morocco are protesting against rising food prices, which are attributed to an increase in oil prices and the socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The cost of seven essential food items has significantly risen, with some experiencing doubling in price. This has negatively affected the purchasing power, particularly of low-income families. The public is holding the government and its structures accountable for not regulating the food sector, despite the challenges.

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The recent increases in food prices provoked the indignation of a number of citizens who expressed their dissatisfaction with the rise in prices, in light of the difficult social conditions that low-income groups are experiencing due to the repercussions of the “Covid 19” pandemic. These increases were concerned with seven basic materials at once. It is related to the price of oil, which has skyrocketed, as it moved from 10 dirhams per liter to 16 dirhams, with the possibility of increasing 50 centimeters each week, according to the assurances of wholesalers, while the price of some Qatani products increased significantly. The price of one kilo of lentils became 13 dirhams at a time when it did not exceed 7 and a half dirhams only, while the price of beans reached 10 dirhams, with an increase of two dirhams. The price of wheat also increased by 10 dirhams for a weight of 25 kilograms, to 185 dirhams, with the possibility of an increase of 15 dirhams in the coming weeks, in ...

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