ADEN (Debriefer)--Long queues of people were seen at bakeries in Yemen's interim capital Aden on Tuesday after the currency crisis pushed the prices of wheat up, forcing many bakeries to shut down.
The prices of bread have more than doubled, locals told Debriefer, adding that a loaf of bread is being sold for 150 Yemeni rials, up from 20 rials a few weeks ago.
Aden is also facing acute shortages of cooking gas.
The Yemeni rial has lost 250% of its value in the past five years. On Tuesday, it traded at 900 per US dollar in Aden.
As a result, the prices of products have skyrocketed. One 50kg bag of wheat is being sold for 21.000 rials, around $23. The gas cylinder costs 7.000 rials, around $8.
In the southwestern province of Taiz, many bakeries shut down on Tuesday in protest against the skyrocketing prices of wheat and the currency crisis.
A loaf of bread is being sold for 30 rials in Taiz as locals are crying bakeries have shrunk the sizes of bread loaves.
The government seems to be unable to address the deepening currency crisis.
Observers argued that the frightening fall of the rial would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis caused by the six-year conflict.
