Senegal cost of living crisis: Food and fuel prices shoot up due to war on Iran

Senegal has banned all but essential foreign travel by government ministers to cut costs because of a deepening energy crisis linked to the Iran war. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said Senegal’s budget was based on oil at 62 dollars a barrel but prices have almost doubled after disruptions to supplies. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque is in the capital Dakar looking at how people are coping with the rising prices. Subscribe to our channel: bit.ly
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