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Libyan Citizens Worried About Rising Bread Costs
Libya is facing an escalating crisis in bread prices due to rising production costs, which are linked to a shortage of diesel needed to operate bakeries and constant power outages. As a result, bakeries are forced to purchase fuel at black market prices. Officials and bakers' unions predict that bread prices are inevitably going to rise. This comes amid widespread popular outrage over the deteriorating living conditions, especially given the heavy reliance on food imports (around 90%). They attribute the increasing costs to the decline in local production, reduced government support, and the rising value of the dollar, all while the purchasing power of households continues to erode—particularly retirees, who suffer from soaring prices of goods and services. These economic and political upheavals are contributing to a worsening situation overall.
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