ROC moves to curb food inflation "taking time"
Government measures aimed at reducing the cost of staple commodities in the Republic of Congo, where salaries have remained unchanged for years, have failed to stem food inflation. Many people have been forced to change their diets, which has had an adverse impact on health.
Customers wait outside a cassava mill in a district of the Congolese capital, Brazzaville (file photo): Staple commodity prices have risen steeply in the country, which relies mainly on imports. (Image: André Itoua/IRIN)
"It is getting harder to eat," Ernest Mbou, a local teacher, who heads a family of eight, told IRIN.
"Each time before going to the market I have to go to the bank," Mbou said. He spends 7,500 FCFA (about US$14) each time his wife goes to the market - up from the usual 4,000.
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