TANZANIA: Army deployed over cashew nut crisis

Tanzanian authorities have deployed the military to buy cashew nuts from farmers to solve a row over prices. President John Magufuli had given traders a Monday deadline to buy the crops at government-approved rates. Farmers had halted sales of their harvests for weeks, saying offers from private traders were too low. Critics have accused the […]

Tanzanian authorities have deployed the military to buy cashew nuts from farmers to solve a row over prices.

President John Magufuli had given traders a Monday deadline to buy the crops at government-approved rates.

Farmers had halted sales of their harvests for weeks, saying offers from private traders were too low.

Critics have accused the president of trying to use the crisis over cashews, one of Tanzania’s main exports, for political gain.