UPDATE 1-Ethiopia inflation rises to 9.4 pct year-on-year in July

Reuters Staff

A woman counts Ethiopian birr notes, after selling a cabbage at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa November 14, 2015.

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation rose to 9.4 percent in July from 8.8 percent a month earlier, due to higher food prices, the statistics office said on Thursday.

Food inflation rose to 12.5 percent in July from 11.2 percent the previous month, the agency said. Non-food inflation was at 5.9 percent, down from 6.1 percent in June.

(Reporting by Aaron Maasho; Editing by George Obulutsa)