Mozambique bakers warn price rise 'unavoidable'

Rising flour costs mean a hike in bread prices is "unavoidable", says Mozambique's Mozambican Bakers’ Association.

Amopão, as they are known (literally "I love bread"), are calling on the government to either lower taxation on wheat flour importers and processors, or compensate Mozambique's mills directly.

Mozambique is one of numerous African nations who imported cereals from Ukraine, and Amopão leader Victor Miguel says a large sack of flour now costs 13% more than it did before the European nation was invaded by Russia in February.

There were deadly riots across cities in Mozambique in 2010 sparked by a 30% rise in the price of bread, in which a dozen people died and more than 400 others were injured.

To quell the unrest, the government subsidised the price of flour for some time - and since then price rises have always remained low.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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