Cameroon's post-election turmoil cuts food supply, inflates prices in Central African Republic

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00:00Aliana was shocked to find food prices had skyrocketed at a market in Bangui, the capital

00:12of the Central African Republic.

00:14Paralysis in neighboring Cameroon is deeply affecting the lives of average people in the

00:19country.

00:20I think that this crisis in Cameroon has had a big impact on us, the Central African

00:26people.

00:27As a daughter and woman of this country, a housewife, it affects me, my plans and my

00:32businesses too.

00:33I am not alone, other people are suffering too.

00:36This morning I went to the market to buy some things, but all the prices have gone up.

00:40I don't know what I am going to do.

00:42I think the government needs to take a look at our situation.

00:45If they can negotiate with the Cameroonian authorities to allow goods to pass through, that would

00:49really help us.

00:52Meanwhile, Mahamat Albukhari is forced to sell off the last of his stock today at the

01:00PK5 market.

01:01But he remains hopeful that Cameroonians will restore peace.

01:06The Central African Republic has no access to the sea.

01:09It relies solely on Cameroon for supplies.

01:15As soon as Cameroon has a problem, we feel it immediately here in the Central African Republic.

01:21We have no other outlets other than Cameroon, so we feel it more than the Cameroonians themselves.

01:27That is really why we are calling on Cameroonians to be patient, to cultivate peace so as not

01:32into crisis.

01:33Otherwise, it will be serious for us in the Central African Republic.

01:39Oumaru Aliou hopes for peace for Cameroonians as he sells his last bags of onions.

01:45Here in Bangi, pioneers come only from northern Cameroon.

01:50He fears that the situation will be bogged down even further.

01:54If Cameroon has problems, we will really suffer here.

02:00That's what happened a few days ago.

02:02It was complicated, so if they have problems in Cameroon, nothing will come here.

02:07It's the only corridor that supplies us here.

02:11For the country's consumer chamber, the concern is that sellers are price-gogging.

02:16It wants authorities to set up a body to regulate and verify prices on the market.

02:22Have our competent authorities taken steps to ensure that the few importers in our country

02:30have had their warehouses inspected to make sure that everything is there?

02:35What are we waiting for and what are we receiving from Cameroon?

02:38Manufactured goods, salt, flour, sugar and others.

02:42It's therefore essential that a system be put in place to control this situation and keep

02:47prices under control.

02:49I doubted that this incident could be...

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