May 4, 2018 / 3:11 AM

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation rate fell to 13.7 percent in April from 15.2 percent the previous month, its statistics agency said on Thursday.

People buy vegetables at a busy market in Mercato, Addis Ababa December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

The Central Statistics Agency said food inflation fell to 16.1 percent from 19.9 percent. Non-food inflation rose to 10.8 percent from 10.0 percent.

Reporting by Aaron Maasho; Writing by Omar Mohammed; editing by John Stonestreet