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Higher transport costs helped drive Ghana\u2019s annual inflation rate higher to 13.0 per cent in April from 12.8 per cent the previous month, the statistics office said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The government of President Nana Akufo-Addo wants to slow inflation to 11.2 per cent by the end of the year as part of its drive to restore macroeconomic stability under a three-year aid deal with the International Monetary Fund.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a positive for that target, food inflation fell to 6.7 per cent in April from 7.3 per cent a month earlier. Non-food inflation, however, accelerated to 16.3 per cent from 15.6.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe marginal increase in the index was mainly due to a rise in transport fares which went up by 9.6 per cent last month,\u201d deputy government statistician Baah Wadieh told a news conference.<\/p>

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Ghana, which exports cocoa, gold and oil, said in April it was committed to reducing inflation, public debt and the budget deficit.<\/p>\n

It was one of Africa\u2019s best-performing economies until 2014, when it was hit by a slump in commodity prices.<\/p>\n

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