Central African States to Fight Food Security Threats

FILE - A truck driver from Chad walks between trucks at the border of Garoua-Boulai, Cameroon, Jan. 8, 2021. FILE - Shipping containers are stacked up at the port of Douala, Cameroon, Jan. 10, 2019.

Transport ministers from landlocked central African countries say increasing commodity prices are causing civil strife in Chad and the Central African Republic. The ministers, meeting Friday in Cameroon, say the three countries want to find immediate solutions to obstacles facing the transportation of goods moving from Cameroon's Douala and Kribi seaports to central African states.