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160:(OLUCOME) issued a statement that "This general increase in the prices of essential products for Burundians is very worrying. The government of Burundi is called to act quickly because the tendency shows that all domestic products will follow suit." In August 2023 there was another rise in the price of cement, from 28,500 to 38,000
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