Imports of certain food products from Côte d’Ivoire into Mali have been put on hold for almost a month.
The Suspension by the Ivorian authorities is to span for 6 months.
Sources say trucks carrying these banned products are blocked at the border between the two countries.
However, some traders manage to cross illegally to supply the Malian market.
As you will hear in this report by our Bamako Correspondent, Aliou Thiam, voiced in our studios by Oge Obierika, the situation is dire for plantain retailers in the country.
