Living cost rises due to high inflation in Cote d'Ivoire

STORY: Living cost rises due to high inflation in Cote d'Ivoire DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Abidjan CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of market in Abidjan 2. SOUNDBITE (French): KAMAGATE BINTOU, Vendor at Treichville Market 3. various of market in Abidjan STORYLINE: The galloping inflation that has been raging for several months in the West African sub-region does not spare Cote d'Ivoire. In Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, rising prices adversely affect the lives of ordinary citizens. SOUNDBITE (French): KAMAGATE BINTOU, Vendor at Treichville Market "Life has become very very expensive, if our country could see our conditions of sale. Normally we pay 1,000 CFA francs for this, now I should pay 1,500 CFA francs, and I need to resell these. Nothing works if life is expensive. Everything is expensive, everything. Our authorities need to make efforts." The soaring prices of daily necessities on the market have caused Cote d'Ivoire authorities to react. Sin