Ouagadougou: Reluctant traders ordered to comply with prices set by authorities
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Ouagadougou: continued pressure in price controls on everyday consumer goods (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Mobile Economic Control and Fraud Repression Brigade (BMCRF) is continuing its price checks on everyday consumer goods in Ouagadougou. Several shops were ordered to correct their displayed prices, and expired and counterfeit products were removed from the market.
Ouagadougou: Reluctant traders ordered to comply with prices set by authorities (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Mobile Economic Control and Fraud Repression Brigade (BMCRF) inspected shops in Ouagadougou on 3 September 2026. It removed expired products and ordered non-compliant traders to respect the prices set by authorities, under threat of sanctions.
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