AllAfrica News: Commodities

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Rice importers say brokers are allegedly working with officials in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives to take control of the country's rice import business through a permit allocation system. They claim that the permit allocation system has locked genuine traders out of the market.

[This Day] Katsina -- A Non-governmental Organisation, Access to Medicines Initiative (AMI), has called on the Katsina State Government to establish a dedicated budget line for family planning commodities in the 2027 fiscal year amid declining donor funding for reproductive health programmes in the country.

[New Times] The Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) on Tuesday, August 4, announced the closure of 27 companies, as part of the ongoing crackdown on illicit alcohol production and distribution.

[New Times] The Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) has withdrawn the standardisation certification licences for products manufactured by 47 alcoholic beverage manufucturing companies.

[Daily News] Zanzibar -- SUGAR prices in Zanzibar have more than doubled the official retail price amid supply disruptions linked to delayed imports and suspected hoarding by some traders.