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Wheat price hike threatens to spark mill war

President of the Groupement inter-patronal du Cameroun Célestin Tawamba.
President of the Groupement inter-patronal du Cameroun Célestin Tawamba. © CelestinTawamba.GicamOfficiel/Facebook
In the midst of a wheat price boom, prominent entrepreneur and head of Cameroon employers' federation, Célestin Tawamba, has shut down his La Pasta flour mill in an attempt to obtain a tax break on imported cereals and to try to change the regulated price of flour. This has infuriated trade minister Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana. [...]
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