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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Annela Niamolo

Truckers Strike Accusing Wagner Of Driver Death In Central African Republic

Bangui is linked to the sea via a long road to Cameroon's key Atlantic port of Douala (Credit: AFP)

Soaring prices have left a bitter taste in shoppers' mouths at a market in Bangui, as a strike by Cameroonian truckers accusing Russia's infamous Wagner mercenaries of a recent murder cuts off the Central African Republic (CAR).

Among the poorest countries in the world, landlocked CAR is heavily dependent on imports, more than 40 percent of which came from neighbouring Cameroon in 2022, according to the International Trade Centre.

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