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Conditions getting intolerable in a nation hugely reliant on informal trading for income

People read a board featuring on hold Liberia's elections runoff in Monrovia, Liberia. [Photo by Reuters]

Businesses in Liberia's dual-currency economy are feeling the pinch as customers stay home.

The exchange rate also keeps climbing in the absence of a resolution to the country's disputed presidential election.

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