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'Rations are 5kg of sugar per month'

Ethiopia is facing a chronic sugar shortage which has led to violent and lethal protests. The country's sugar corporation blames the scarcity on bad weather in the country's sugar-growing areas and the government says it will import sugar from Algeria and Thailand to help alleviate the situation.

From the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Emmanuel Igunza has more.

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