The devaluation also did little to stop growing shortages of basics like flour and meat, which are scarce due to a lack of dollars.

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The tomato sauce, onions, cheese, flour, potatoes and meat for that burger are flown 2, 400 kilometres from South Africa as is everything in Luanda: the paper napkins, plastic menus and cooking oil, bottled water, flashy cars, toilet seats, insect repellent.

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"This is what they give to each family plus flour, cookies, pudding, and meat, " Rahman wrote.

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Flour prices have risen by up to 25% and meat prices have also risen sharply.

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