Transport is the key inflation driver, recording 9.2 percent in April, from 4 percent the previous month.
By
Bob Karashani
Reporter in Dar es Salaam
Nation Media Group
Tanzania's annual headline inflation rose sharply from 3.2 percent in March to 4 percent in April, a near three-year high, as skyrocketing fuel prices began to impact all economic sectors in the wake of the global oil supply crisis caused by the US/Israel war on Iran.
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