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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Dylan GAMBA

Ethiopians Struggle With Bitter Pill Of Currency Reform

Ethiopians are struggling after currency reform sparked rising prices (Credit: AFP)

In a small fashion store in Ethiopia's capital, Medanit Woldegebriel's dresses have almost doubled in price in the past two months, sending customers fleeing.

"Business is slow," admits a downhearted Woldegebriel, whose shop in the sprawling Merkato market of Addis Ababa imports clothes from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

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