Egypt leader vows to increase bread price

By Omar Fahmy
Updated August 4 2021 - 5:15am, first published 5:11am
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says bread prices must rise for the first time in decades.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says bread prices must rise for the first time in decades.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says it is time to increase the price of the country's subsidised bread, revisiting the issue for the first time since 1977 when then-president Anwar Sadat reversed a price rise in the face of riots.

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