Mozambique says 'no problem' over wheat reserves

Despite global wheat shortages caused by the war in Ukraine, Mozambique says it has enough stocks to last until the end of the year "without any problem".

"Next year we’ll remain vigilant while we don’t produce this raw material, always working with the private sector," said Agriculture Minister Celso Correia.

Last month the Mozambican government ruled out subsidies on bread and fuels amid a rise in cost of living.

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.

For some time afterwards the government subsidised flour and since then prices have mostly remained low, but the national bakers' union warned recently that the war in Ukraine made rising bread prices "unavoidable".

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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