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Africa Live: Germany detains alleged Nigerian mafia members - BBC News Africa Live: 'Let it rot' campaign plunges fish prices in Egypt - BBC News
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Fishmongers in Egypt say they have been forced to slash prices by up to 50% because of a boycott which has swept the country. Nigeria's state-owned oil company has warned against panic buying of petrol, saying the prices of fuel were not changing.
A campaign against high prices which began in the major cities of Port Said and Alexandria has spread elsewhere under the slogan "Let it rot". It follows the return of long queues at petrol stations that persisted on Thursday in the capital Abuja and the neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger states over fuel scarcity.
President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has previously advised consumers to boycott products that become unaffordable as the Egyptian currency has plunged in value. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) in a statement said the limited availability of petrol was a result of logistical problems.
Monday is Easter in Egypt and is traditionally celebrated with seafood dishes. However, the company said the challenge had been fixed.
It urged Nigerians to avoid panic buying as "there is a sufficiency of products in the countryā€¯.
Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy and oil producer, had subsidised fuel for decades to keep pump prices affordable.
But President Bola Tinubu removed the subsidies as part of wider reforms to stabilise the economy, pushing prices to triple.
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