Mali: Authorities Accuse Companies of Using Fuel Crisis to Inflate Prices

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In Mali, while the transitional authorities have just increased the regulated prices of fuel, with direct consequences for all sectors of activity, the government accuses "some economic actors" of taking advantage of the crisis of the moment to artificially inflate their tariffs. In the country, in addition to the global context, the embargo imposed by the Jihadists of Janim has complicated the supply of fuel since last September. Tanks arrived …

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Mali's transitional authorities have accused some economic actors of unjustifiably raising prices, exploiting the country's fuel crisis amid supply disruptions and rising global prices. The Ministry of Industry and Trade stated in a press release on Tuesday that "some actors" had unilaterally increased prices, warning that any unjustified increases "will not be tolerated and will be punished." The Ministry of Transport also accused some bus comp…