Food commodity agencies in the capital, Aden, rushed to raise their prices, starting yesterday, in a new increase that would double the suffering of citizens.
The prices of rice, sugar, flour, and oils witnessed a new rise by all commercial agencies, reaching an amount of 4,500 riyals in 20-kilo bags of rice.
This rise coincided with the collapse of the price of the local currency against other foreign currencies.
In recent years, food prices have witnessed a steady rise.
The collapse of the currency price has led to The continuous local life of people in the capital, Aden, and the liberated areas turned into an unbearable hell.
The exchange rate collapsed from 382 riyals per Saudi riyal to 404 riyals at once, with a collapse of 22 riyals at once overnight.
This state of collapse caused With the rise in food prices, the majority of people are unable to buy them.
For more than 9 years, the capital, Aden, has been the scene of a state of economic collapse of the currency, which has greatly affected people’s lives.
Citizens say that they have become unable to confront The increasing burdens of life with the expansion of poverty and the spread of hunger, and on the contrary, the areas controlled by the Houthi coup makers in northern Yemen, where the currency has been stable and constant for years, even though the militias refrain from disbursing the salaries of employees in their areas.