Holiday Market Hangs on a Thread Amidst Inflation, Conflict
The gloomy weather on the last Friday of the year barely bothered Alemshet Mulgeta, who had been frantically moving from one vendor to the next for three hours in search of a "fairly priced" chicken.
The limited 1,000 Br budget forced her to haggle with nearly every seller who was capping prices around 1,200 Br. The 40-year-old mother of two is struggling to manage buying butter, chicken, spices and an ox divided amongst 10 of her neighbours with her 20,000 Br budget despite attempting to beat the holiday rush by coming four days earlier.
"It's ripping through my wallet," she told Fortun...