Ramadan: Why are dates more expensive? BBC Africa

Ongoing attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea are delaying the arrival of goods to the Kenyan port of Mombasa - and pushing up prices of consumables, like dates, which are customarily used to break fast in the Holy Month of Ramadan. It could be that for many Muslims in the region the sweet fruits are just out of financial reach for the festivities.
The BBC’s Peter Mwangangi has been to Kenya’s port city of Mombasa to find out more about the impact of the Red Sea attacks, two months on.
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[@kwasinimako]

Shout out to everyone that read the title wrong😂

[@WynnofThule]

American here. Tried dates for the first time a while ago and now I get why y'all love these things. They're good, and I hope the prices come down soon. Ramadan Mubarak!

[@ramatgan1]

Thankfully we grow a lot of good dates here in Somalia.
Dates are traditional here to break the ramadan fast.

[@BlackPantherrStudios]

Haiti 🇭🇹 and the African Union must unite in 2026. Africa 🌍 is the greatest 🖤

[@OmendsFavor]

The food looks good… sweet sound of Swahili

[@saynebboersma6635]

Masha Allah 🙏

[@sohirah]

Subtitles please!!

[@816Lynnie]

So yummy and healthy ❤

[@gladysoyeabo2517]

Very sweet and Yummy. ❤. I love it.

[@malvernwarmington4942]

Why aren't we talking about Lent?!?😮

[@digitalEbony360]

Because elsewhere have lost their values 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@YaHaWaHenciaga]

Why nobody sell fresh yellow dates ?

[@7thdivision146]

It's hard to get

[@YaHaWaHenciaga]

@@7thdivision146 they grow in the same tree

[@Khalid-mf3iu]

Until ur in the country which produce those dates you'll get them not hard to find them

[@Mo-yd8xc]

I thought this about dating.