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Reports say Islamist fighters have erected checkpoints to restrict the flow of goods and extort "taxes" from traders.

The president has "accused some opposition parties of working with private traders to distort fertiliser prices", his office said.

A recording of Pakistani fish trader Shahid Nazir singing on his east London market stall went viral, leading him to enter TV talent show The X Factor.

Additional support included financial assistance to more than 7,000 traders in affected markets, as well as to places of worship and private schools.

"So actually if Biffa's findings are true, this is about disposable products washing through the system, either through illegal traders or through the illegal black market," he added.